Useful links for parents
Tameside ‘Local Offer’ website
The Tameside Local Offer provides advice, information and services to young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) and their families.
Tameside SENDIASS – SEND Independent Advice and Support Service
IAS services are a statutory service that provides information, advice and support to children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN), and those with Disabilities, and their parents/carers (who have children/young people aged 0-25 yrs).
Dyslexia
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
This is a link to the British Dyslexia Association which provides lots of useful information and advice.
National Autistic Society
National Autistic Society (autism.org.uk)
This is the UK’s leading charity for people on the autism spectrum and their families. They provide support, guidance and advice, as well as campaigning for improved rights, services and opportunities to help create a society that works for autistic people
ADHD Foundation
This is the UK’s leading neurodiversity charity, offering a strength-based, lifespan service for the 1 in 5 of us who live with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia and Tourette’s syndrome.
SEMH
Home – SEMH SEMH.co.uk, a site designed in 2016 to bring education staff together on the topic of SEMH and explore the best methods to support children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs.
COVID-19 Support
Support for Parents and Carers (annafreud.org) Other than direct support from www.gov.uk The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families provides direct information and guidance for support tailored directly to COVID-19.