Hart and Rushmoor Branch of the National Autistic Society

Parent Partnership
Hampshire Parent Partnership Service provide advice, information and support
to parents of children with special educational needs and to parents who
have concerns on matters relating to the child's education.
For a range of leaflets available and their latest Newsletter visit their
website or call 01962 845870.

SOS!SEN
The Independent Helpline for Special Educational Needs
Tel: 020 8979 8853 Fax: 020 8255 7657 Email: sossen@blueyonder.co.uk

Special Educational Needs, Code of Practice
This is a must have for any parent of a special needs child.
A copy can be obtained from DfES Publications, website, e-mail or phone
on 0845 6022260. Alternatively, click here to download a copy.

This section covers many of the sources of information we have all found
useful whilst trying to get our children's needs met in education.

The place to begin is with Hampshire's list of education settings. Go and look
around as many of them as you feel you need to and then you will have a better
idea as to which one will be able to meet your child's special educational needs!

There are plenty of websites which will provide you with the basic idea of what
help your child can expect; Hants.gov.uk; Direct.gov.uk.

Other sources of information and help are:

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/education/sen/services/pps/extra_help.pdf

Network 81 - http://www.network81.org/default.aspx

Nasen - http://www.nasen.org.uk/

OASIS - http://www.oaasis.co.uk/

http://www.sendist.gov.uk/

Ipsea (Independent Panel Special Education Advice)
Give free and independent legal advice and support in England and Wales
through helplines, information on their website and advice, support and
representation (when needed) in appeals to the Special Educational Needs
and Disability Tribunal as well as Disability discrimination advice and
training in collaboration with the Disability Rights Commission.

ACE (Advisory Center for Education)
ACE is an independent registered charity, which offers information about
state education in England and Wales for parents of school age children.
They offer free telephone advice on many subjects like exclusion from school,
bullying, special educational needs and school admission appeals.
Their free booklets for parents are excellent and the ACE handbook is easy
to read and follow and packed full with advice.

TeacherNet
Is a website full of useful information on all aspects of education. There are
sections on School Action, School Action Plus and IEP's, ASD good
practice guidelines and the SEN toolkit.

Afasic
Afasic seeks to raise awareness and to create better services and provision
for children and young people with speech and language impairments. Afasic
is a recognised training provider and we offer a range of services and
information that include a helpline, publications, support groups, online
message boards and membership. They have excellent information on
reading through a draft statement, here.

NAS Advocacy for Education
Advice on educational provision and entitlements for parents whose children
have autism or Asperger syndrome - 0845 070 4002