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SEND News and Update 09.06.21

Date Added: 09/06/2021

Welcome to this edition of the SEND News Bulletin.  This week includes information on

  • Aids, Equipment and Adaptations
  • Carers week 7 - 14 June
  • Apply for SEN school transport
  • Emotional Wellbeing Sessions for Parents/Carers
  • Parenting Insight - Autism Beds
  • Kids in Action
  • Childrens Community Health Hub
  • Parents and carers: tell us what you think about our Short Breaks statement
  • Have your say on changes to the educational support and provision for children and young people identified with SEN
  • What's On
  • Children's Centres SEND Support Coffee mornings

Aids, Equipment and Adaptations
AdaptationsContact for Families with Disabled Children have produced a guide for parents: Aids, equipment and adaptations.

Download the guide here

Carers Week 7 - 13 June
Carers Week is a national annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to society.

The theme for this year’s event is ‘Making Carers Visible and Valued.’ Carers in Bedfordshire are running a series of events and activities you can take part in.  

More Information

Transport applications for children and young people with SEND
The deadline for transport applications for children and young people with SEND has passed but we want to reassure parents that we will continue to process applications. Please send applications to the Transport Team as soon as possible otherwise we can’t guarantee a place for September 2021.

If you have received a request from the team for student information, could this please be returned to them as soon as possible, to allow them to review current and future transport arrangements.  

More information

Emotional Wellbeing Sessions for Parents/Carers
These are virtual information and advice session which will provide parents and carers with ideas on how to support their children on a wide range of subjects such as Anger, Anxiety and school transition.

The session will be split into 2 parts:

30 mins: Presentation from Chloe Lovell - CBC Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

30 mins: Opportunity to ask questions

The event will be run as a webinar designed to give information but there will be an opportunity to ask questions using a chat function or by sending an email in advance. Once parents/carers have signed up a link to the event will be sent the morning of the session over email. This will contain all joining instructions.

Monday 28th June- 4.30pm-5.30pm- Middle Schools- Anger and Anxiety

Monday 28th June- 4.30pm-5.30pm- Upper Schools- Anger and Anxiety

Friday 15th June at 10 - 11am – Lower School Parents – Anger & Anxiety

Parenting Insight - Autism Beds
Thursday 24th June

This is a virtual information session from Autism Beds

The session will be split into 2 parts:

16.30-17.00 - Presentation from Sandie Allen - Autism Bedfordshire

17.00-17.30 - Time to ask questions

To book a place

Kids in Action

Kids in Action run regular youth club and kids club events at a huge, dedicated venue in Dunstable. There are masses of interesting stuff to do and a huge space to get some exercise and burn off some excess energy! All with low-key but mindful supervision.

Join us – your kids are going to find so many ways to have fun, safely and freely!

Kids in Action Youth Club: for kids aged 4 – 18
Every Saturday: 10am – 4pm.

School Holiday Clubs
Every Tuesday and Thursday (during the school holidays): 10am – 4pm

More information

Childrens Community Health Hub
The ‘Bedfordshire and Luton Children’s Community Health HUB’ is the new name for our Single Point of Access (SPA) service and over the coming weeks and months we will be eventually bringing together all our children’s services under one new email address and one contact number across Luton and Bedfordshire. 

Across Luton:

  • A new contact number and email address for our Health Visiting and School Nursing 0-19 teams.
  • A new contact number for our Looked after Children services and Community Paediatrics (Edwin Lobo Centre).

Across Bedfordshire:

  • A new email address for our Health Visiting and School Nursing 0-19 teams.
  • The phone number will remain the same, but the opening hours will change to 9am - 5pm (Mon-Fri)
  • A new contact number for our Looked after Children services.
  • Our trained HUB administrators will be at the end of the phone to help and advise, and to signpost to the correct services.

Parents and carers: tell us what you think about our Short Breaks statement

Caring for a child or young person with a disability or health condition can be highly rewarding, but is also at times demanding. We offer ‘Short Breaks’ to provide an opportunity for parents and carers to take a break from their caring responsibilities and recharge their batteries, while giving children and young people who have disabilities an opportunity to take part in new activities.

The statement outlines what Short Breaks are, and how families in Central Bedfordshire can access these services. We want to make sure it’s easy to read and understand, but that it also contains all the necessary information, as there is some information that has to be included by law.

The survey is open until 13 June 2021.

More information

Have your say on changes to the educational support and provision for children and young people identified with SEND
A consultation is now available for you to provide feedback on proposed changes to special schools and additional resource provisions within mainstream schools, to support children and young people identified with SEND.

The public consultation is open until July 8, as part of the Schools for the Future programme, which is a long-term plan to raise education standards and make sure we have the right schools, in the right places, delivering the best education.

The proposals are:

Special Schools – to increase places at The Chiltern School, Ivel Valley School, Oak Bank School and Weatherfield Academy

For these four Special Schools to either relocate or expand

Additional Resource Provisions – to increase additional SEND places in mainstream schools, with a greater geographical distribution across Central Bedfordshire. This would be in line with future need in:

Dunstable and Houghton Regis -

Harlington

Sandy

Shefford and Stotfold

Biggleswade

Leighton-Linslade

Mainstream schools – to also include multi-use/nurture spaces, where there is space to do so.

Further information, plus a consultation questionnaire, is available online at the Schools for the Future website.

What's on
More events and workshops that are being held this month are on our Events Calendar

Do you provide a service or run events for children and young people with SEND and their families?
We would like to offer providers the opportunity to advertise local SEND services and events in our fortnightly SEND news bulletin, on our local offer Facebook page and to be included in the local offer events calendar.

If you would like to be featured then please email details about your service and/or event to [email protected]

Children's Centres SEND Support Coffee mornings
SEND Support face to face coffee afternoon every other Wednesday,
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Leighton Buzzard Children’s Centre

Booking is essential due to Covid restrictions please call 01525 384368.  Children welcome.

SEND Support virtual coffee afternoon every second and fourth Monday of the month,
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Dunstable Children’s Centre

If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8106/0300 300 8104

SEND Support virtual coffee morning every first and third Wednesday of the month,
9:30 – 10:30 am
Shefford and Stotfold Children’s Centre

If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8112

SEND Support virtual coffee morning every first and third Thursday of the month,
10:00 – 11:00 am
Flitwick Children’s Centre

If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8111

SEND Support virtual coffee morning every first and third Friday of the month,
10:30 – 11:30 am
Houghton Regis Children’s Centre

If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8115

Super Kids Online – virtual support group for parents or carers with children who have SEND
Sandy Children's Centre - every other Thursday, 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Fortnightly catch ups and support online.  A chance to speak to professionals from the CDC, Early Years Support Team, Speech and Language plus more.

To book a free place contact Karen on 0300 300 6009 or email [email protected]

Please visit the Local Offer for more information on activities, services, advice and support across Central Bedfordshire for children and young people with SEND or follow us on Facebook

We hope you have found the information in the bulletin helpful. We would love to hear your feedback and what you would like to see in future editions.  Please let us know by emailing [email protected]

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