Signposting.

1. Signposting. 22nd September 2016

2. One of the functions of key working is to signpost parents. • In order to do this you will need: • Local knowledge of services • Knowledge of specific conditions • Knowledege of specific challenges

3. Where can you gain this knowledge?

4. Keyworker lunch presentations ES resources LOCAL SERVICES Hampshire Local Offer website Parent Voice

5. Keyworker lunch presentations • These are available on Lanterns website • www.lanterns.hants.sch.uk -> SEN & D -> Support Services • Charities who can help • DLA • Financial help • Holidays • Leisure activities • Preparing for school • Siblings • Support Services • The role of the keyworker

6. ES resources Information Resource: Behaviour Information Resource: Childcare Information Resource: General information Information Resource: Looking after yourself as a parent Information Resource: People you may meet Information Resource: Sleep Information Resource: Useful contacts These resources are available from: http://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/search/content/early%20support I also have some hard copies and am looking at getting them put on the Lanterns website too.

7. Parent Voice Parent Voice is a Hampshire wide network of parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs aged 0-19. Parent Voice provides local information and advice through its weekly updates, website and Parent Participation Officers. Our local Parent Participation Officer is: Kris Mayer: krismayer@roseroad.org.uk www.parentvoice.info

8. Hampshire Local Offer website This website provides information on services available in Hampshire for children and young people from birth to 25 who have Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). Hampshire’s Local Offer has been developed with parents / carers to help you find the right services and support for you and your family. Services have completed a question based form to provide information about what their service has to offer. There are sections for: * Education & Childcare * Leisure & Play * Respite & Support * Jargon Buster * Equipment & Therapies * Parents hints and tips * Health https://www.hantslocaloffer.info/en/Main_Page

9. Support groups ES resources SPECIFIC CONDITION Parent Library National organisations

10. Support groups

14. ES Resources Information Resource: Behaviour Information Resource: Autistic Spectrum Disorders Information Resource: If your child has a rare condition Information Resource: Living without a diagnosis Information Resource: Multi-sensory impairments Information Resource: Neurological Disorders Information Resource: Speech, language and communication needs Information Resource: Visual Impairment Information Resource: Deafness and hearing loss Information Resource: Cerebral Palsy Information Resource: Learning disabilities Information Resource: Down Syndrome http://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/search/content/early%20support%20information%20resource Most families will have copies of the title relevant to them but if not they can be downloaded, I will have a copy or they may be on the Lanterns website

15. National organisations NAS Autism www.autism.org.uk Down Syndrome Association DS www.autism.org.uk Scope CP www.scope.org.uk RNIB VI www.rnib.org.uk National Deaf Children’s Society HI www.ndcs.org.uk Mencap Learning Dis www.mencap.org.uk SWAN Undiagnosed www.undiagnosed.org.uk Contact a Family All www.cafamily.org.uk Rare Disease UK Rare www.raredisease.org.uk Special Kids in the UK All www.specialkidsintheuk.org Dyspraxia Foundation Dyspraxia www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

16. Parent Library • The Parent Library has a small number of books on specific conditions: • Helping Your Child Live with a Developmental Delay: A Practical Guide to the Dos and Don'ts by Robin L. Atkinson • ASC • How to Live with Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Practical Strategies for Parents and Professionals by Barry Wright • Caring for a Child with Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents by Martine Ives • My Social Stories Book by Carol Gray • Writing & developing social stories: Practical interventions in Autism by Dr Caroline Smith • How do I teach this kid? Visual work tasks for beginning learners on the Autism Spectrum by Kimberley A Henry

17. Cerebral Palsy • Can I Tell You about Cerebral Palsy? A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Marion Stanton • Understanding Cerebral Palsy: A guide for parents and professionals by Marion Stanton • Down Syndrome • Down’s Syndrome: The essential guide by Antonia Chitty & Victoria Dawson • Gross Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome by Patricia Winders • Early Communication Skills for Children with Down Syndrome by Libby Kumin • Sensory Processing • The out-of-sync child: Recognizing and coping with sensory processing disorder by Carol Stock Kranowitz

18. Parent Library ES resources SPECIFIC CHALLENGES Hampshire Local Offer website Parent Voice

19. Parent Library • The parent library has books on: • Sleep • Food • Toileting • Sensory needs

20. ES resources • These include: • Behaviour • Sleep • These resources are available from: • http://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/search/content/early%20support • I also have some hard copies and am looking at getting them put on the Lanterns website too.

21. Parent Voice • The website includes a page of useful information and helpful guides including: • Sleep • Going to the cinema • The school holidays • Hospital Stays • Dentist • Toileting • Haircuts • http://www.parentvoice.info/en/Resource_Library

22. Hampshire Local Offer website • The website has a Parents Hints and Tips page which displays any hints and tips parents and carers have found useful. It currently includes: • Toothbrush suggestions • Ideas on clothing for tube fed children • Tracking devices for children who bolt • Toileting ideas • Epilepsy alarms • Dribble bibs • Sleep ideas • https://www.hantslocaloffer.info/en/Parent_hints_and_tips

23. Forthcoming dates 6th Dec Financial Help 7th Feb Siblings 21st March Holidays 16th May Charities who can help 4th July Support services