If you have additional needs you may be wondering what extra support there is for you. There’s lots of great information across this site and on this page we outline some of the really useful bits.
On this page we cover
- Post 16 Transition Guide and The Local Offer
- I’m not getting the support I need – SENDIASS, Anglia Care Trust advocacy service
- Friendships and bullying – Support for bullying, hate crime and making new friends
- My health – Easy read guides on common health issues including sexual health and relationships.
- Links for parents and carers
- Wizzie App – The app is useful to any students and includes features that assist dyslexic and ADHD users, and for students where English is there second language users.
Throughout this site we use this peach colour to highlight information for people with additional needs (SEND).
Do you have a brother or sister with additional needs? There's information and tips for you at YoungSibs.
“What is the Post 16 Options Transition Guide?“
The Transitions Guide provides information, advice and guidance on what’s available for you, if you are making a transition in education and training, health services, into adult social care services or being supported in the community.
If you have been receiving SEN support at school or have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan, this handy guide explains about:
- types of support available
- learning routes and qualification levels
- funding options and benefit entitlements
“What is the Suffolk Local Offer?”
If you have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities than the Suffolk Local Offer is a website that can help you and your family find support.
“I’m not getting the support I need, who can I speak to?”
Suffolk SENDIASS – stand for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service. They offer lots of information and resources.
Suffolk Advocacy Service:
We are independent of your care givers, social worker and your school.
We are a confidential service unless we are worried about your safety or the safety of anyone else.
What is an Advocate?
An Advocate is someone who will make sure you are fully involved in decisions being made about your life by:
- Listening to you, going to meetings with you and explaining things to you
- Being on your side, helping you speak up and making sure your views are listened to
- Helping you make a complaint if you are unhappy about your care
If you feel like your views aren’t being listened to or you need extra support you might find an independent advocate useful.
Do you need an independent advocate?
Pohwer provide an independent advocate for you, here is their leaflet and contact details: Suffolk Advocacy Service Children and Young Peoples Advocacy Leaflet (pohwer.net)
When you get in touch you will be referred to someone in Suffolk who can come and chat with you and take it from there.
“I’m being bullied – who can help me?”
For bullying advice go to our Bullying and Cyberbulling advice page
My health and wellbeing
Looking after our health is really important – this includes our mental and physical health.
Find advice on various health topics in our Body section.
For wellbeing support and free and confidential services, go to our Ease My Mind – Emotional Wellbeing Directory
Making friends and having relationships
See our advice pages for Friendships and Relationships support.
Quick links and useful website:
For some useful websites you might like to visit, go to our ‘Ask the Expert Directory’
“I am a parent/carer”
As well as the links on this page you might be interested in the following pages:
- Suffolk Parent Carer Forum – aim to be a voice to inform service providers of the needs of children and young people with special educational needs/additional needs or disabilities and their families.
- Special Needs Jungle – News, info, resources & informed opinion about Special Educational Needs, disability, children’s physical and mental health, rare disease. Campaigning to #FixSEND
- Help and support for young disabled people to find and stay in work – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Moving into adulthood – Frequently asked questions and answers on transitions from Suffolk Infolink
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Page updated on November 22nd, 2024 at 04:57pm