Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

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Welcome to our Special Educational Needs and Disability page. Please see below for information about Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP's) and specialist services for children and young people. Details of how an Education, Health and Care Needs assessment can be requested can be found in the One Minute Guides below.

You can search here for SEND Service Providers including schools and social care services, on our Family Services Directory. You can also use the filter to search for services according to what SEND conditions they cater for.

EHCP Documents

Useful information about SEND in Tower Hamlets

Strategic and Policy documents about SEND for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Help for children and young people with SEND to participate in decisions

Disabled children and young people have the same rights as non-disabled children and young people to participate in decisions and issues that affect them.

Factsheet #1 Methods and Levels of Participation
Factsheet #2 Work Experience
Factsheet #3 The Participation Process
Factsheet #4 Barriers to Participation
Factsheet #5 Involving Children and Young People in Formal Meetings
Factsheet #8 Young Inspectors
Factsheet #6 Developing a Supportive Environment
Factsheet #7 Monitoring and Evaluation
Communicating with your Deaf Child
The guide describes the basics of language and communication development and gives some practical advice about how you can encourage positive development in natural ways in everyday routines.
National Deaf Children Society - Comics
Comics for children to help them understand experiences such as going to the hearing clinic and getting grommets, hearing aids and cochlear implants.

External organisations and resources

Contact a Family A national charity for families with disabled children that provides information, advice and support.
Council for Disabled Children An umbrella body for the disabled children's sector bringing together professionals, practitioners and policy-makers. They have a useful handbook about disabled children and the law.
Independent Parental Special Education Advice (IPSEA)
Free advice on appealing to the special educational needs tribunal.
National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) Provides support, information and advice for deaf children, young people, their families and professionals working with them.
Young Minds Children's mental health charity.
The National Autistic Society providers support, information and advice for autistic children, young people, their families and professionals working with them.
Talking Point Information on children’s communication.
Ambitious about Autism, this includes the Include Autism guide for developing includive youth groups and the Parent Toolkit guide for early years.
Multiple Sclerosis Trust provides information, advice and support for children and families with MS
KIDS SEND Mediation Service An Independent mediation and disagreement resolution service, which is free of charge for your children and for young people with Special Educational Needs (age 0 to 25).
Choice Support The Supported Loving network has produced a series of guides to help support people with learning disabilities and autistic people with issues around sex and relationships.
The Childrens Trust - For Children with Brain Injury
Epilepsy Society - The Charity's new campaign gives people three simple but key instructions to remember in an emergency: "Calm, Cushion, Call. "
Making Sense of MS
It provides a brief introduction to multiple sclerosis and answers the questions most commonly asked after diagnosis.
Widgit an online resource for parents and carers who use symbols to support their children - FREE FOR 30 days, Use code WIDGIT30

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Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

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​Disabled children and young people have the same rights as non-disabled children and young people to participate in decisions and issues that affect them.​

Disabled children and young people have the same rights as non-disabled children and young people to participate in decisions and issues that affect them.