Parents & Carers

Contacts, Consultations & Training

Every local authority needs to have an IAS Service. They offer information, advice, signposting and support for families with children with SEND.
This is where you will find information on all of the SEND services that you should need eg local schools or activities.
For activities and support for families with children and young people with additional needs and their siblings.

Share your experiences in this monthly support group run by parents for parents. It offers the opportunity to pick up and share new strategies in a private, safe and understanding environment. For more information about this group, please view the Facebook page or email plymouthparentsupport@nas.org.uk

Bud Club is a completely FREE fortnightly, family-friendly activity club set up to help the whole family, where a child is affected by mental health or neurodevelopmental difficulties. Families can spend time doing art, games, sporting, and outdoor activities in a low-key, non-judgmental way. For more information view the Facebook page or email giveachildachance@sky.com.

If you live in Cornwall or you use services there, you may wish to visit the Cornwall Parent Carer Voice Group.

Loads of information and advice for families with children and young people with SEND
An organisation that give grants to families with children and young people with SEND. This may be means tested.
FREE information about Auditory Processing Disorder/APD and links to support for living with this disabling condition.
The UK’s leading charity for people on the autism spectrum and their families. They provide support, guidance and advice, as well as campaigning for improved rights, services and opportunities to help create a society that works for autistic people.
The Early Years SEND Partnership is a national programme supporting professionals and parents. You can find out about training and resources to increase access and inclusion in early years for children with SEN and Disabilities.
ICAN help children communicate. This group run regular TALK (Talking Activities for Little Kids) webinars for parents who are concerned about their child’s language development.
Time to Talk Next Steps is free support for young people aged 16-25 years in England with additional needs. It is for young people who are experiencing anxiety, isolation and who have limited or no plans for the future. This program currently has various start dates up until June 2022.
This page has several different courses and information sheets about Autism.

Past Consultations

The consultations below are no longer active but can be viewed for your reference.

Consultation closed: 15th December 2022.
Consultation closed: 22nd July 2022
Consultation closed: March 2022
Consultation closed: 28th February 2022
Consultation closed: 24th January 2022.
Consultation closed: October 2021
Consultation closed: 30th September 2021
Consultation closed: 24th August 2021
Consultation closed: 10th August 2021
Consultation closed 26th February 2021.

Consultation Closed

Active Consultations

For many years the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI) (who deliver Preparation for Adulthood work nationally) has heard from parents and carers across England that supported housing is a mystery and is often impossible to find.

The new government has launched a strategy to build more social housing and an annual pot of funding of ยฃ1.6 billion for supported housing. Through a series of webinars with parents and carers across the country, NDTi are exploring the current approach to information about housing and support for young people preparing for adulthood โ€“ How do people know about and access provision which enables choice and control and gloriously ordinarily lives?

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ/๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ h๐ž๐ซ๐ž: (CLICK)

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: (CLICK)

SURVEY CLOSES – TBC

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The 10 Wishes

โ€œTen Wishesโ€ were created with youth participation as a reminder about what children and young people in Plymouth need from professionals to help keep them safe and feel valued. There is a booklet and film which explain how the wishes are important to children and young people and how we can all as individual professionals and organisations put their wishes into practice.

Booklet

Video

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