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Sunday 7 September 2008

Special Educational Needs and Disability Service

Children have special educational needs (SEN) if they have difficulties in one or more of the following areas:

• Learning. 
• Communication. 
• Behaviour. 
• Hearing. 
• Visual. 
• Physical ability.                                 

Liverpool is committed to including as many SEN children, as possible, in mainstream education.

Most  SEN children attend their local school and are educated with other children of the same age.

Our aim is to create inclusive schools so that all children and young people can be educated in their local school. 

We are working to improve  achievement by our SEN pupils and young people.

Please go to the appropriate pages if  you want to know more about SEN st school and about Statutory Assessment of SEN 

Teams:

• Neighbourhood Early Years Service.
• Speech and Language Service. 
• Educational Psychology Service. 
• Special Educational Needs Integrated Support Service (SENISS). 
• Sensory Impairement Service. 
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Foundation.
• Autistic Spectrum Pathway. 
• Central SEN and Disability Administration Team. 
• Liverpool Children's Services  Inclusion Team         
• The Pupil Advocacy Team.                                          

You will get  impartial advice and support for parents of children with special educational needs or disability from:

• The Parent Parnership Service (PPS)                                          

The staff in this service will also be able to give you information about:

• The Removing Barriers Project. 
• The Parents/Carers Forum.
• The SEN Forum.        

Transition 13-25 

For information about this very important  period please use this link.  Transition 13-25

                                 

SEN Outreach Services:

• Review of SEN Outreach Services
• SEN Outreach Analysis A1
• SEN Outreach Analysis B1
• SEN Outreach Analysis C
• SEN Outreach Analysis D1
• SEN Outreach Analysis E                              

Useful Documents:

• Policy on Access to Education for Children and Young People with Medical Needs
• Partnership Agreement - Hospital and Home Teaching Services
• Criteria for identifying assessment of SEN and Disability
• Childcare Panels Leaflet
• Liverpool Children's Services Accessibility Strategy, 2005 to 2008  
• Referral Form Children's Services Early Years Panel and Provider Panel  
• Guidelines for Completing the Referral Form for Provider Panel 
• Provider Panels 
• Policy and Guidance on the Administration of Medicines in Liverpool Schools 
• Home to School Transport Policy for pupils with Special Educational Needs 
• SEN Strategy: Policy into Practice 
• SEN  Strategy Action Plan- Changes by Need