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Brook’s nationally recognised Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool and training provides a highly visible, multi-agency response that helps professionals to identify, understand and respond appropriately to sexual behaviours in young people.
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Disabled Children’s Register
By law we are required to keep a Disabled Children’s Register. We use it to help us improve services now and in the future.
By being on the register you will be kept informed of what services are available and how you can get involved if you want to. Joining the register is voluntary but if you register your child we will:
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Chapel Mediation and Consultancy Services provides specialist services to Local Authorities, Academy Schools, Maintained Schools, Services and Charities.
I have 23 years experience working in the area of Special Educational Needs working with families, schools and Local Authorities to ensure children and young people have the support they need in order to progress.
I have also undertaken the NEPPS Education Law Programme.
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What we do
We produce evidence-based short films and factsheets to help teachers, parents, carers and others working with children to help recognise any potential mental health issues in Primary School aged children. These are freely available on our website Nip in the Bud.
We believe passionately that early intervention reduces the risk of these issues becoming more serious in later years.
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Making a Difference North East is a free employability service for unemployed people over 18, who live in Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, County Durham, Gateshead and Sunderland.
They can help you prepare for or get back into work, with support and training to suit you. This includes:
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EXPERTS FROM POLICE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, HEALTH AND PARTNER AGENCIES CAN HELP ADULT AND CHILD VICTIMS OF:
- Modern day slavery
- Human trafficking
- Sexual exploitation involving
- Children and adults
- All types of abuse
- And other types of exploitation
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New online mental health service launches in Newcastle and Gateshead
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We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website for 4-7 year olds and accompanying guide for parents and carers.
The website is based on the three-episode Jessie & Friends animated series, which aims to equip 4-7 year olds with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to stay safer online. It is intended to be used by 4-7 year olds alongside their parents and carers, or within education settings as a learning tool.
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Information booklets for carers who play a critical role in this journey through the care and support they offer to loved ones who also might need support at times.
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Newcastle Parent Carer Forum (PCF) are a group of volunteer parents and carers who work in partnership with Newcastle Local Authority, Health, Education and Social Care providers to make sure that the services they deliver meet the needs of children, young people and their families.
We aim to act as “the voice” of Newcastle’s parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
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Based in Newcastle, we provide dyslexia testing and diagnosis, specialist dyslexia and learning difficulties support, along with behaviour and educational consultancy for parents, individuals, private sector, state and private education.
Ofsted registered.
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ASLI is the Association of Sign Language Interpreters in the United Kingdom. Established in 1987,
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We aim to raise awareness and make sure D/deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing people have access to information and services in the same way as hearing people. We provide information and signposting for deaf-related services.
Deaflink has developed as an organisation with the principles of inclusion and empowerment, trying to bring people and agencies in partnership to understand better the needs and issues of D/deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing people.
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PANS (paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric syndrome) and PANDAS (paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with strep) are devastating neuropsychiatric conditions that are currently poorly recognised, diagnosed and supported both medically and in schools.
One estimate suggests that up to 1 in 200 children suffer from this condition.
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Special iApps is a social enterprise developing educational apps for children with special educational needs, including autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, hearing impairment and other learning disabilities.
All our apps have a simple, uncluttered design, and can be configured and personalised to suit any child. They’re ideal to teach children at school, during speech therapy sessions, to support learning at home, or develop essential skills in daily life.
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The Toby Henderson Trust (TTHT) is an independently funded charity supporting autistic children, their families and carers. After 15 years at Whitehouse Farm the trust has recently moved to Toby House, Earth Balance, Bedlington, Northumberland.
We are the one and only charity in the North East focused on life changing early intervention with autistic children (aged 2 to 7). Our service users tell us early intervention can transform the life of a child…
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Dyspraxia is generally recognised to be an impairment or immaturity of the organisation of movement. Associated with this may be problems with language, perception and thought. Other names for Dyspraxia include developmental co-ordination disorder (dcd), motor learning difficulty or clumsy child syndrome.
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We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose.
Our work includes:
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Young Epilepsy is a national charity that supports the 112,000 children and young people under 25 with epilepsy in the UK.
There is a huge demand for information and support for parents and professionals and a need to improve access to, and quality of, health and education services.
We have a range of services including our helpline, health information resources, training courses for professionals in health, social care and education and the promotion of good practice in schools.
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Providing services for people living with hearing loss and their families and carers.
Hearing Link works with and on behalf of adults living with hearing loss, and their relatives, friends and colleagues. Our focus is on the social and psychological needs of people affected by hearing loss, rather than the medical, audiological or technical aspects of hearing impairment.
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If you are struggling with any mental health issues, for whatever reason, we are here to help you.
Our One to One counselling service helps you (as long as you are aged 9 to 25 years old) with your mental health issues. Our friendly counsellors are expertly trained which means we can help you by using a variety of therapy techniques. Whatever the issues affecting your life we are here to help. This includes depression, anxiety, bullying, self-harming, loss and bereavement.
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At any given time up to 40% of adults and 50% of children (this rises to 80% with a SEND diagnosis) have difficulties with their sleep.
Yet in a recent survey, almost 60% of adults felt there was a lack of support for sleep issues.
Sleep problems can leave people feeling isolated and lonely.
Our free helpline is run by trained sleep advisors, many of whom are specialists in working with SEND. We can talk to young people directly, or parents (we can also talk to adults, including older people, about their sleep issues).
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Ambitious about Autism has a rapidly growing online Ambitious Youth Network to enable more autistic young people to have their voices heard. Through the network, autistic young people between the ages of 16 to 25 can share experiences, connect with others, have their say on Ambitious about Autism’s projects as well as access a range of opportunities to advocate and improve services for autistic young people.
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Navigate is a national mentoring service, that provides online emotional support for parents and carers of disabled children who are finding out about their child’s additional needs.
Eligibility
Navigate is open to any parent or carer who:
- lives in England or Wales
- has parental responsibility for a child under 18
- this child is on a pathway to diagnosis or has received one in the last year
Accessing the service
You can apply online or get a referral from the helpline.
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What is Makaton?
Makaton is a unique language programme that uses symbols, signs and speech to enable people to communicate.
It supports the development of essential communication skills such as:
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