The Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Handbook for Parents CD

This customisable CD will provide schools with easy-to-use documents that will help parents with children identified with having special educational needs.

‘Partnership with parents plays a key role in promoting a culture of co-operation between parents, schools, LEAs and others. This is important in enabling children and young people with SEN to achieve their potential.’ (DfES, 2001)

The Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Handbook for Parents CD is produced in Microsoft© Word format that will provide schools with fully customisable documents that will help parents with children identified with having special educational needs.

We acknowledge that any child is likely to make progress if there is a sound partnership between parents, the school and the LEA. We believe that parents have a right to take part in their child's education and to be informed at all stages.

This handbook is part of that process as it provides parents with:

information
frameworks
procedures

The Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Handbook for Parents CD covers the following areas:

School Contacts
Your Questions Answered
Duties of the School, the LEA and Parents
A Typical SEN Policy
The Role of the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
The Graduated Response
External Support Agencies
Areas of Need
Dictionary of SEN Terms
Publishers of SEN Resources
Useful Websites
Record of Meetings

Once customised to the requirements of the school The Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Handbook for Parents can then be printed and distributed to those parents whose child has special educational needs.

The Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Handbook for Parents aims to improve and extend the support and advice for parents and carers of children with SEN, therefore, enabling them to play a more active role in their child’s education.