APPENDIX 7
Links with External Agencies/Organisations
When it is considered necessary, colleagues from the following support services will be involved with SEN pupils:
- Educational psychologists
- School nursing service
- Speech therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational therapists
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs outreach services
- Hearing impairment outreach services
- Visual impairment outreach services
- Autism outreach services
- Primary Pupil Referral Service (Behaviour Issues)
- Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Children’s Emotional Well-Being Service
In addition, important links are in place with the following organisations:
- The Local Authority
- The Castle Community Hub with the aim of providing continuity between home and school
- Education Welfare Officer
- Social Care
- Reading Friends
Local Support Services for Parents
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The Castle Community Hub (the hub buildings are attached to the school)
https://castlecommunityhub.org/ or e mail: helen.scally @kirkleeseducation.uk
Support and advice for parents - in particular, drop-in support and sign-posting sessions 8:30-9:15 every morning in the Hub Community Room (Monday: Behaviour Support; Tuesday: SEN focus; Wednesday to Friday: Bi-lingual support)
Kirklees Information Advice and Support Service (KIAS)
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/parentsCarers/familySupport/kias.aspx
PCAN (Parents of Children with Additional Needs)
Huddersfield Down Syndrome Support Group www.hdssg.org
North Kirklees Autism Support Group and Friends – Contact Kath Woodhouse on 07772534625
FEDS Kirklees (Families of Eating Disorder Sufferers) http://www.fedskirklees.org/
Huddersfield Support Group for Autism http://www.autismhuddersfield.co.uk/
Kirklees Deaf Children’s Society http://www.ndcs.org.uk/family_support/support_in_your_area/local_groups/find_a_local_group/yorkshire_and_humber/kirklees_dcs.html
Kirklees Family Information Service – telephone service for parents to call (01484 414887) or you can email them on FIS@kirklees.gov.uk
Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust: a charity supporting children’s mental and emotional health in Kirklees http://www.northorpehall.co.uk/
Ruddi’s Retreat: West Yorkshire charity offering a break away http://www.ruddisretreat.org/
Unique (rare chromosone disorder support group) Yorkshire Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/342603205754536/
