Here are some news of initiatives which may be of interest to you and/or your child/young person with special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND). This information has been provided by Buckinghamshire SEND IAS Service (formerly Parent Partnership).

We will start to post under this area of the website, SENDIAS regular updates. Each SENDIAS update will be dated, as per their email to us. 

• Children and Young People’s Occupational Therapy Training Talks for 2019 Poster 
• Bucks SEND IAS Service annual report  -  The report includes the responses to our latest survey of our service users. Thank you to all who contributed. The report can be viewed here  and used to inform our future planning.
• Meet the BCC SEN team  -  You are invited to attend a session to meet the Buckinghamshire County Council SEN team, share any concerns you have about staff/ communication/applications/assessments. It will be an informal session where you can be open and honest – the session will also look at working together with you to resolve concerns. FACT Bucks and Bucks SEND IAS Service will be attending. 
• The national SEND Tribunal trial re health and social care recommendations

Webinar Training:

• New parent friendly animation on: “The Education, Health and Care Plan Annual Review”
• Videos on supported living for people with Downs’ Syndrome
• How to support children and teenagers through mental health issues article
• Connecting students with disabilities with employers

School holidays

Bucks SEND IAS Service has very limited cover during the school holidays. Other sources of impartial information, advice and support are listed here:

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Buckinghamshire SEND IAS Service (formerly Parent Partnership), The Teaching and Learning Centre, Ellen Road

Aylesbury HP21 8EF, Tel: 01296 383754, Email: sendias@buckscc.gov.uk

Useful links:

• Euan's Guide
• Disability Rights: Your guide to the care act

Useful Articles:

• Special Needs Jungle: One Family's Wild Ride in the Pursuit of Post 16 Provision
• NHS: Guides to Help People With Disabilities
• Special Needs Jungle: Deputyship and Mental Capacity for Young People at the SEND Tribunal
• Helen Sanderson Associates: What's Working/Not Working

Disabled Students Helpline

Disability Rights UK provide advice to disabled students who are studying in England.

The phoneline - 0800 328 5050 - is open from 11am-1pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and they can be emailed on students@disabilityrightsuk.org

Advisors can advise and support disabled people who are studying, or wish to study, at any level on full-time or part-time education or training courses in England and they are over 16. They can also advise parents and/or carers of disabled students or professionals working with disabled students.