Special Educational Needs and Local Offer
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What SEND looks like in our school…
If you have special educational needs, it may mean that you need extra help or support with your learning in school. Maybe, you find some things that you are expected to learn at school, and perhaps at home too, quite difficult. To find out how best to help you, Miss Glover (the school SENCO), Mrs Hammond and your class teachers will all work together with your parents. We will find out what you find hard, as well as what you are able to do. Most importantly, we will also ask you to tell us about what you enjoy, what is tricky for you, how you feel and what best helps you to learn. It’s really important for us to talk to you! Sometimes, we may ask people outside of the school to help us – because they are experts and work with many other children. These people may come into the classroom to see you and they may talk to you on your own, too. They may also work with you on a number of occasions, by coming into school or online using a computer.
Together, we can come up with ways to support you in the classroom, at playtimes and at home, too. These may be through extra reading or spelling activities, using special learning programmes on the computers, having regular learning times with a few other classmates or on your own with an adult to help you or having special places or resources in the classroom to make your learning easier for you. We can all keep a close eye on what’s working best and, as you get older, check whether we need to try anything new. In fact, we will meet three or more times a year to talk to you and your parents about how you are getting on.
As well as your challenges, we are sure that there will be things that you are good at, and we will encourage you to show us these, help you grow in confidence and celebrate all of your successes.
When you leave our school, we will make sure that you are set up in the best possible way to go on to your secondary school.
Lincolnshire County Council’s ‘Local Offer’ (ie the services they have to offer) are available to view by clicking the link below:
Please click on the link to go to the relevant website:
Lincolnshire parent carer forum:
Lincolnshire Parent Partnership offer free confidential advice, information and support to parents and carers about special educational needs
IPSEA stands for Independent Parental Special Education Advice
Young Minds: The voice for young people’s mental health and wellbeing
Young minds Parent Helpline: 08088025544
Recommended support networks found within the Family Service Directory and Lincolnshire Local Offer:
Lincolnshire Local Offer for SEN and Disability
https://lincolnshire.fsd.org.uk/kb5/lincs/fsd/localoffer.page?familychannel=2
Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum
Publicity Flyers:
https://www.lincspcf.org.uk/P_Info_Publicity.php
SENDIAS – SEN and Disability Information and advice service
https://www.kids.org.uk/about-us
Support for families with disabled children
Family Support
GAIN – Grantham Autistic Information Network
Emotional Wellbeing/Behaviour Pathway
Children’s Community Services
Healthy Minds Lincolnshire
Liase – SEND Information, advice and support services for Lincolnshire (free, independent family support with EHCP process)
https://lincolnshire.fsd.org.uk/kb5/lincs/fsd/
Challenging Behaviour
https://www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/
Autism – the National Autistic Society
ADHD – Lincolnshire ADHD Support Services
Support for Parents and Child
- Reading Hints.pdf
- Education health and care plans explained.pdf
- SEND support decisions.pdf
- The local offer for SEND support explained.pdf
- ADHD explained.pdf
- All About Autism.pdf
- All About OCD.pdf
- Understanding Tourette Syndrome.pdf
Does your child have Dyslexia?
Choosing books that will engage and captivate children who struggle with reading is often challenging. Help is now at hand with the publication of a free guide from Barrington Stoke and Dyslexia Action - "Dive in; A guide to choosing children's books for reluctant readers and readers with dyslexia" lists 40 titles divided into age range categories.
http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
Dyspraxia
Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC)
Asperger Syndrome
ADHD
Mental Health and Well-Being
Family Resources
- Parenting Smart is a free, evidence‑based resource from Place2Be’s child mental health experts, designed specifically for parents and carers of children aged 4–11. It provides practical tips, short videos, and easy‑to‑read articles to help with common behaviour and wellbeing challenges . Offers support and advice for parenting that she can look at in her own time to explore things that may work in the home www.parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk
-Lincolnshire County Council, in partnership with Togetherness, offers families free access to online learning pathways that support emotional wellbeing—for both grown-ups and children including free learning resources on brain development, emotional wellbeing and parenting for healthier relationships and happier lives. ‘Created by NHS clinical psychologists, alongside practitioners and parents, these journeys will help you and your family better understand and manage your emotional health in daily life.’ (Use the exclusive access code: we_can)
www.togetherness.co.uk/mul/lincolnshire/
-H.A.Y Lincolnshire website which is an online website that has over 600 local groups, support services, educational courses and self help resources. There are groups for parents and child to access locally. This could be used as a whole family approach. https://haylincolnshire.co.uk
- There is also the 24/7 Lincolnshire Here4you line (0800 234 6342), providing advice to young people, parents, carers or professionals such as teachers. In this telephone call, we may give tips and strategies on ways you could help yourself, or we may agree together that you need some extra support from us. If we do not think we are the best place to help, we will always let you know who is and where to go next.
All these links can help with
Anxiety, low mood, school-related stress
Accessing counselling or emotional wellbeing support
Support for neurodiversity (ADHD, autism)
Connecting families with local groups and wellbeing activities
We will always be here to support and guide your child, and we’re committed to working closely with you to ensure we’re providing the very best support for both you and your child, please keep us posted on the progress.