Children and Young People What is SENDIASS? SENDIAS is a service for children and young people aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) and their families in Gateshead. Gateshead’s SENDIAS Service is provided by Barnardo’s Disability and Inclusion Support Service on behalf of Gateshead Council. W...
Local Offer Every local authority must publish a Local Offer. The Local Offer tells you what support the local authority expects to be available for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities. It must include information about education, health and care provision. It should a...
Useful Information We have added a number of information resources on a range of SEND topics for individuals, parents/carers and professionals. We'll be adding more useful handouts to this section over time. Please click on the headings below to find out more: Useful Information Guide Dogs Tech for All Pilot Guide...
Professionals What is SENDIASS? SENDIASS offers support to parents and carers of children and young people with SEND up to 25 years in Gateshead. We can also support children or young people to access the service independently, and can advise professionals on queries about SEN policy and provision. We are funde...
Bradford SENDIASS At Bradford SENDIASS we offer advice and support around various topics relating to Special Educational Needs and disabilities (SEND) for children and young people aged 0-25 living in the Bradford District and their families. We offer telephone and email advice, social media, information packs, case...
Policies and Procedures Bradford SENDIASS operates under the policies and procedures of Barnardo’s, in line with National IASS guidance and following local safeguarding protocols. For more information please see links below to some of our key policies. If you would like more information about a policy or cannot find what...
Useful contacts Bradford Local Offer Bradford Local Offer provides information about; services, activities and provisions for children and young people with a special educational needs. This is directory of services. Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA) Independent Provider of Special Educatio...
Bury SENDIASS Welcome to Bury SENDiass, we offer free, impartial, confidential information and advice for children and young people aged 0-25 and their parents or carers where a child or young person has or may have special educational needs or disability. We are open from 9.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday and we...
Parents and Carers Parents and Carers Do you have a child or young person aged 0-25 with SEND? Bury SENDiass can support parents and carers to ensure they get impartial, independent advice on matters relating to Education, Health and Social Care. This page includes some useful information that may help answer some o...
Children and Young People Children and Young People We can support you to understand your rights for education, health and social care. Do you need extra help with learning or do you have a disability? Are you aged 0-25? We help you to share your own ideas about your life now and what you want in the future. We can help yo...