Support for parents!

Do you have a child with PDA or just like to know more? come along to our PDA specific coffee morning where you can gain advice and meet other families to share your experiences and information with for dates see our facebook page.

We have our next session the 18 oct, Come find out what pathological demand avoidance is and how it can present in our children and young people. The coffee morning is parent led and is not only a good chance to gain information but a great way to meet other families and share experiences or tips and advice.

Further to the support we offer we also sign post to other organisations.

ADDvanced Solutions Community Network encourages, equips and empowers children, young people and their families living with neurodevelopmental conditions, learning difficulties and associated mental health needs. Our engaging, community-based, learning, coaching and mentoring programmes will help you and your family to better recognise, understand and meet your individual needs, enabling you to

manage the day to day challenges.

CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

CAMHS is the name for the NHS services that assess, and treat young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties. You might also see CYPMHS used which stands for Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services. www.youngminds.org.uk

The Integrated Comprehensive CAMHS Offer above is delivered by a range of providers from the voluntary and statutory sector.  The offer takes an asset-based approach, ensuring accessible information and support is available at all levels i.e. public health, early intervention, early identification, prevention and intervention.  It is a stepped model of care and children and young people can access the pathway at any stage dependent on their mental health needs. The focus is to ensure that children and young people and their families are supported at the universal level within their communities.

The Integrated Comprehensive CAMHS Offer also follows Liverpool’s Levels of Need Framework which has been developed to support practitioners to work together to promote children’s welfare and provide early help. The ‘windscreen’ model illustrated below (please click on the image to enlarge) is used to assist in assessing and identifying a child/young person’s level of need; what type of services/resources may meet those needs and the process to follow in moving from the identification of the need to the provision of services. www.liverpoolcamhs.com

Liverpool’s local offer provides information for children and young people up to the age of 25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) their parents or carers – all in one place.

Knowing what is out there gives you more choice and control over what support is right for you or your child.

On the local offer website you can:

• Search for services from a range of local agencies including education, health and social care.
• Find out more about SEND reforms and keep up to date with the scope of the local offer as it develops and grows.
• View a range of SEND documents and reports.

“Empower parents / carers to have a voice and enable them to navigate the special educational needs and / or disabilities processes through awareness, information and confidence training.

SEND IASS services provide free and confidential impartial information, advice and support to disabled children and young people, and those with SEN, and their parents.

SEND IASS are statutory services, which mean there has to be one in every local authority. SEND IASS were previously known as Parent Partnership, the name changed when the range of people the service is for expanded to include children and young people from 0-25. SEND IASS also covers other issues related to special educational needs/disability (SEND) such as health and social care issues.

Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS is a new combined service for residents of Liverpool and Knowsley and is delivered by WIRED.

Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS service offer:

• Telephone and email helpline service
• Information and support for parents, carers, children and young people
• Written information about Special Educational Needs (SEN)
• Information sessions for parents and carers
• Advice and support relating to school admissions and appeals

Our experienced and supportive staff will listen to your views and concerns, work with you to explore your options whilst also explaining your rights in relation to SEN and disability.

Parents or young people can contact our services directly using the telephone number or email address below. Professionals can also contact Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS in the same way.

To contact Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS please call 0800 012 9066. If the number is busy please leave a message and we will always respond within 5 working days. You can also email liverpoolandknowsleysend@wired.me.uk

For more information, visit the Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS website http://liverpoolandknowsleysend.com/

Face to face meetings are available by appointment only.

Address: Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS, WIRED, Stoneycroft Children’s Centre, 38 Scotia Road, Liverpool, L13 6QJ

Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) – CAMHS offers a range of wellbeing and therapeutic services for children, young people and families in Liverpool.

YPAS is a Youth Information Advice and Counselling Service (YIAC) that provides free, easily accessible and age-appropriate support to young people with a wide range of issues. YIACS are driven by the needs of young people

Children and young people from age 5 – 25 years old

We deliver our services across Liverpool; in primary and secondary schools, in our three community hubs based in the north, south and city centre and in GP surgeries. www.ypas.org.uk

Sunshine support offer courses, information and guidance on all areas of Special educational needs, it was founded by a mum who had to fight to get her daughter the support she was entitled to. They offer webinars and plenty or online resources as well as offering tailored support for you and your child.