SEND – Key information 

What is the SEND Local Offer?

 

Local authorities, schools and other services will set out a local offer of all services available to support children who are disabled or who have Special Educational Needs and their families. The local offer will enable families to understand what services they can access and what support they can expect from a range of local agencies, including from the local authority, health services, schools, leisure services and the voluntary sector. The offer will include provision from birth to 25, across education, health and social care.

 

Click below to view the Stoke-on-Trent Local Offer and our school responses. 

Stoke-on-Trent Local Offer

 

Below is a glossary of the most common SEN terms.

ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder

LAC

Looked After Child

ADHD

Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder

LEA

Local Education Authority

ASD

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

LM

Learning Mentor

CAF

Common Assessment Framework

MLD

Moderate Learning Difficulty

CAMHS

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service

MSI

Multi-sensory impairment

COP

Code of Practice

OT

Occupational Therapist

CP

Child Protection

PD

Physical disability

DCD

Developmental Co-ordination Disorder

PMLD

Profound and multiple learning difficulties

EAL

English as an Additional Language

SEN

Special Educational Needs

EP

Educational Psychologist

SEND

Special Educational Needs & Disability

FSM

Free School Meals

SENCo

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

FLO

Family Liaison Officer

SLCN

Speech, Language, Communication Needs

HI

Hearing Impairment

SLD

Severe learning difficulties

IEP

Individual Education Plan

SpLD

Specific Learning Difficulty

 

 

VI

Visual Impairment

 

CONTACT DETAILS 

School SENCO

Hamilton Academy   

Mrs Emma Harrison   

Inclusion Lead    Barthomley Road   

Birches Head    ST16NW      01782 234420  

hamilton@espritmat.org   

 

 

 

 

Click here for our SEND Information Report.

 

Well-being Support

Below you will find some links that you may find useful to promote a positive healthy lifestyle.

Social, Emotional and Mental Health

https://youngminds.org.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd7Cr265zgc

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

https://www.stopbreathethink.com/kids/

https://www.mindheart.co/descargables

 

Local support contacts

 

· CAMHS - https://www.camhs-stoke.org.uk/    Tel: 0300-123-0907

· North Staff Mind   - http://nsmind.org.uk/             Tel: 01782 262100

· Dove -   www.thedoveservice.org.uk     Tel: 01782 683155

· Crisis team at the Harplands -  https://combined.nhs.uk/our-services/adult-inpatient/    Tel:

0300 123 0907

 

Further support

Mind Info line : 03001233393  Text: 86463

NSPCC -  www.nspcc.org.uk  Tel:  0808 800 5000

· Anxiety UK  -  www.anxietyuk.org.uk     Tel: 08444 775 774

· Carers Trust -  www.carer.org           Tel: 08008 808 7777

· Bereavement Advice Centre   - www.bereavementadvice.org   Tel: 0800 634 9494

· YMCA - www.ymcans.org.uk/response  Telephone: 01782 222385

 

Nurse support team (Lock Down Services)

Our Contact Numbers for our Hubs are:-

City Health Visiting Service (Age 0-5)  HUB 0300 303 3298

Our Health 5-19 Service                       HUB 0300 124 0362

Please can you remind older children aged 11-19 Years that they can text the School Nurse direct for physical and emotional health support on our Chat Health number: 07520 615723.

The Health Visiting service also operates a text message service for parents to be able to text into for any questions they have.  The details for this service are; Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire parentline text: 07520 615722

 

Remote Learning Support for Children with Special Educational Needs.

Below you will find some links that you may find useful during remote learning periods.

 

Oak National Academy 

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/specialist/#subjects

 

Guidance for parents on supporting their children’s well-being

https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/anna-freud-learning-network/coronavirus/

 

Cognition and Learning

https://global.oup.com/education/content/primary/series/oxford-reading-tree/floppys-phonics-teaching-programme/?region=uk

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/

https://www.jollylearning.co.uk/

https://www.nessy.com/uk/parents/dyslexia-information/

https://www.helpkidzlearn.com/

http://www.thedyslexia-spldtrust.org.uk/4/resources/1/parents/284/how-can-i-help-my-child-at-home/

http://addressingdyslexia.org/strategies-and-resources

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured?disable_polymer=1

Sensory

https://www.sensoryapphouse.com/

https://www.visuals2go.com/

http://www.brainparade.com/products/see-touch-learn-free/

 

Communication and Interaction

https://mabletherapy.com/2020/03/26/lockdown/

https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/anna-freud-learning-network/coronavirus/

https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/coronavirus/resources/helpful-resources.aspx