Children’s Additional Needs Network
Email pesha.thornton@peopleinaction.org.uk or call 0113 244 3729 for more details
May 29, 2023 2:00 pm
May 29, 2023 3:30 pm
This event has no entrance fee
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Ohana provides relief for families who have children with a disability or special educational need. Ohana strives to provide and or advise where they can find inclusive support activities, which help develop communication and social skills. Offer opportunities to volunteer, refer or advise on where to go for respite care. Increased awareness and understanding of the support needs of people with disabilities and/or special educational needs.
Flat 2, 46 North Road, Ripon, HG4 1JR
The William Merritt Centre provides impartial information, advice and assessment on equipment and practical aspects of daily livings for disabled people of all ages, their carers and professionals. Anyone can contact the centre directly for an assessment, alternatively referrals can be made via GPs, OTs and other health care professionals. Our paediatric Occupational Therapists offer assessments involving: buggies, wheelchairs, wheelchair accessible vehicles, beds, seating and Try B 4 U Fly. We also regularly run tricycle, walkers and car seat clinics. Our paediatric therapists can arrange assessments with companies who specialise in paediatric equipment and offer advice on how to purchase products. If statutory funding is not available, our therapists are happy to write a report to support charity applications for funding. The centre also provides a service called Switches 4 Kidz, whereby we provide impartial information, advice and assessment about adapted toys and switches for children, families and professionals and the centre has developed a loan library of adapted toy and switches for families to borrow. Following on from this we provide assessments for accessing games consoles, computers, iPads, phones etc. and run regular accessible gaming drop in sessions during school holidays.
WMC 100 Town Street, Rodley, Leeds, LS13 1HP
Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service offers high quality, person centred, radical and innovative services to people experiencing mental health crisis. We are open when many other services are closed. We provide free, confidential, non-judgemental, non-directive, empathic and respectful support.We have services for adults and young people in Leeds, and West Yorkshire. SERVICES AVAILABLE IN LEEDS, WF3, WF10, BD4, & BD11: FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: Teen Connect Helpline Teen Connect is a helpline for 11-18 year-olds, up until their 19th birthday. We can offer up to an hour of support either by phone, text or online chat. Offering emotional support and someone to talk to. No referral process or threshold for support – if you want to talk we are here for you. We can also support parents/carers on Teen Connect. Open 3.30pm-2am Monday to Friday, 6pm – 2am Saturday and Sunday – call 0808 800 1212 and ask for Teen Connect http://www.teenconnect.org.uk Safe Zone offers face-to-face in-person support for young people aged 11-17 and their parent/carers across 2 locations in Leeds. Providing emotional support and mental health crisis support in a place of sanctuary. We can fund taxis to and from support once booked in for support – call 0113 819 […]
Dial House, 12 Chapel Street Halton, Leeds LS15 7RW
The PFBA supports families that have children with SEND through: EHCP workshops School and community outreach sessions Collecting parent/carer voices to help make SEND services more inclusive in Bradford
Unit 73 Carlisle Business Centre, 60 Carlisle Rd, Manningham, Bradford BD8 8BD
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