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• Mental Health Support Team
  COVID-19 Update  “We are working toward offering face to face contact in the new academic year (i.e. September 2020 onwards).  This position statement was updated w/c 21.9.2020 and will be next reviewed w/c 19.10.2020.” If you have received support from the MHST, we would warmly welcome…
• Children & Young People’s Disabilities Team (CYPDT) - COVID-19 (update)
  COVID-19 Update from CYPDT - With regards pay for PA’s employed through Direct Payments during this covid-19 pandemic. It has been agreed that BFFC and ACS will adopt a unified approach, detailed below. • If the PA has been asked not to work by the Employer…
• Reading Families' Forum (RFF)
  Reading Families’ Forum are the local parent carer forum. Our board of trustees and steering group are all volunteers and have children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities ourselves. We understand what it is like to care for a child with additional…
• Reading Information, Advice & Support Service for SEND (SENDIASS)
  Reading Information, Advice & Support Service for SEND (Reading IASS)- The service was formerly called the Parent Partnership Service. It offers free confidential and impartial advice and support to Reading parents and carers who have children (up to the age of 25) with special educational needs or disability.…
• SEND Pre-Diagnosis - Are you Concerned about your child?
  As a parent you know your child best and will be aware of how he or she is growing and developing. Sometimes as a parent, you may become concerned about your child’s development and, when this is the case, it is helpful to know who…
• Young People with SEND who are in Custody
  This protocol briefly outlines the key requirements and sets out roles and responsibilities locally. The SEND code of practice should be used for detailed guidance on the application of these duties in each case. SEND Code Of Practice - January 2015 Full protocol can be…
• SEND - Family Finance
  Family Finance aims to inform and educate families, leading to their greater financial well being and consequent improvements in lifestyle. At a time of huge change to the benefit system, the organisations listed below will help provide a much needed source of free, confidential, high…
• Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children
  Safeguarding means looking out for and trying to protect others in our community who are vulnerable, or may be at risk of harm. If you think that someone is at risk, you must raise an alarm. Everyone can make a difference. Abuse can be: Physical…
• Living well with Autism
  Autism in Reading Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects how a person communicates with and relates to others, learns, and processes information. It is currently estimated that roughly one in every 100 people has autism. As a spectrum condition, autism affects people in…
• CORAM Family and Childcare
  Coram Family and Childcare works to make the UK a better place for families by bringing together what we learn from our on the ground parent-led programmes and our research to campaign for solutions that parents want and need. We focus on childcare and early…
• Grants
  The Family Information Service have put together information on organisations that can offer grants to support families.   Page reviewed October 2020