Advice
Parents Centre
www.parentscentre.gov.uk
Information and support for parents on how to help with their child's learning, including advice on choosing a school and finding childcare.
The Family Fund Trust
www.familyfundtrust.org.uk/
Organisation set up to ease the stress on families in the UK who care for severely disabled children under 16, by providing grants and information related to the care of the child. They also publish ‘After Age 16 – What’s New’ which gives information about options, including education for young people with disabilities along with listings of college courses.
Lucky Duck Publishing Ltd
www.luckyduck.co.uk
Publications on positive behaviour management including bullying, self-esteem, social skills, special needs and anger management. New titles include books on Aspergers Syndrome and social skills for children aged 5 - 7 years.
Positive Parenting Publications(PPP)
www.parenting.org.uk
Organisation set up to provide information, resources and training to equip parents and those who support them.
Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education(CSIE)
htttp://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/csiehome.htm Provides information and advice to parents/carers and disabled adults, produces literature on good practice and summaries of law, organises national and regional conferences and supports parent campaign groups, families and schools
Trust for the Study of Adolescence
www.tsa.uk.com
An organisation dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of young people through research, training and professional development. Publications cover subjects such as mental health, parenting, bullying, stress, drugs and self-esteem.
Include
www.include.org.uk
A charity set up to help young people aged 5 – 19 years who are excluded, long-term non-attenders and also the socially disaffected.
Network 81
www.network81.org
A national charity set up to give advice and support to parents and carers of children with special educational needs. They provide an advice line, publications and aim to promote inclusive education.
Contact a Family
www.cafamily.org.uk
Help and support for families that care for children with any disability or special need.
Local Contact adele.meader@whsmithnet.co.uk
Council for Disabled Children
www.ncb.org.uk/cdc
Free information service including listings of organisation concerned with SpLD.
Independent Panel for Special Education Advice (IPSEA)
www.ipsea.org.uk
Provides free independent advice on LEA’s duties towards children with SpLD. Offer second opinions on those needs and will represent parents at Special Needs Tribunals.
National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
www.nasen.org.uk
Aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special educational needs.
National Children’s Bureau (NCB)
www.ncb.org.uk
The National Children's Bureau (NCB) is a registered charity, which promotes the interests and well being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives.
ParentlinePlus
www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Offers support to anyone parenting a child – the child's parents, stepparents, grand parents and foster parents. Parentline Plus runs a freephone helpline, courses for parents, develops innovative projects and provides a range of information.
Parents for Inclusion
www.parentsforinclusion.org/
Parents helping parents so that disabled children can learn and make friends in a mainstream school.
YoungMinds
www.youngminds.org.uk
A national charity committed to helping improve the mental health of all children and young people. Provides information and advice to parents/carers and professionals as well as producing books and leaflets and running courses. Produces a range of publications to help parents become better parents.
ACE (Advisory Centre for Education
www.ace-ed.org.uk
The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) is an independent advice centre for parents, offering information about state education in England and Wales for 5-16 year olds. They offer advice on many topics such as exclusion from school, bullying, special educational needs and school admission appeals.
Children’s Legal Centre. General advice line: 0845 120 2966 Monday – Friday 10am – 1pm
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ.
Offer free legal advice about education to parents, carers and professionals in the Eastern Region and the rural West Midlands.
Local Organisations
Disability Cambridgeshire
www.disability-cambridgeshire.org.uk/
Disability Cambridgeshire is an information service for disabled people and their carers who live or work in Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire and Fenland. It covers all ages from children to older people.
DISH(Disability Information Service Huntingdonshire)
www.dish.org.uk
Provides free, confidential and impartial information and advice for disabled people, carers and professionals in the Huntingdon area.