Be happy, be healthy, be safe, always do your best!
Be happy, be healthy, be safe, always do your best!
Sladefield Infant School

Working in Partnership with Parents/Carers and Families

The Department  for Education has produced a guide on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).
As a parent or carer of a child with special educational need or disability, it can be difficult to know who the best person is to get help and advice from.  A Parent Link Officer is a member of Birmingham Local Authority whose job it is to help parents to identify and make links with the right person, at the right time.  For further details, click below:

Birmingham's Local Offer

The Birmingham Local Offer website Includes information about the wide range of services that are available to support all areas of a child’s life (0-25 years) especially those with a Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND).  This includes support with education, physical and mental health, social care, leisure activities and moving towards independence and adulthood.

 The information you should be able to find on a Local Offer Website includes:

  • Sources of support, advice and information for children, young people and families including support groups and forums.
  • Special educational, health and social care provision for children and young people with SEN or disabilities
  •  Arrangements to identify and assess children and young people with SEN, including how an assessment can be requested.
  •  Other educational provision, for example leisure activities, sports or arts provision,
  • Information about provision to assist in preparing children and young people for adulthood including post-16 education and training provision
  • Arrangements for travel to and from schools, post-16 institutions and early years providers
  • Childcare, including suitable provision for disabled children and those with SEND
  • Support available to young people in higher education, particularly the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) and the process and timescales for  making an application for DSA
  • rrangements for resolving disagreements and for mediation, and details about making complaints

Please find some time to look around the website.  If there is anything you would like to ask more about, feel free to contact Mr Meadows, Mrs Connolly or Mrs Donohue.

Below are links where you will find lots more information on the services that are available to support all areas of your child or young person’s life;  this includes support with education, physical and mental health, social care, leisure activities and moving towards independence and adulthood.  Â