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.
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 |
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VI |
Visual Impairment |
CONTACT DETAILS School SENCO |
Grove Academy Miss Danielle Cacia Inclusion Lead Turner Street Northwood ST12NL 01782 234550 grove@espritmat.org
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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://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://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/
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