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Parent Carers’ Voice

www.parentcarersvoice.org

Parent Carers’ Voice is a way for parent and carers to influence the way services for their children are planned and delivered in Devon.

Parent Carers’ Voice acts as a consultative mechanism between parents and carers of children with special needs and the services their children receive.

• Devon's services for children and young people

  • Devon Children's Trust
  • Devon County Council
  • Devon Family Service Directory
  • Devon Partnership NHS Trust
  • Devon schools information database
  • DISCplus
  • Education Welfare Service
  • Educational Psychology – Parents Information
  • School complaints – Advice for parents (PDF File)

• Family financial and planning

  • Carers.org – help for carers
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Devon Welfare Rights Unit
  • Directgov – Caring for someone
  • Face2Face Network – Parents supporting parents of disabled children
  • Family and Parenting Institute
  • Parents Centre
  • Positive Parenting

• Equality

  • Devon Racial Equality Council
  • Equality and Human Rights Commission
  • Every Child Matters: Aiming high for disabled children

• Protection and safety

  • Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
  • Kidscape – bullying and child abuse
  • National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
  • Women's Aid

• Services for the early years child

  • Devon Early Years and Childcare Service
  • Devon Portage
  • Home-Start – supporting families in local communities across the UK

• Moving from primary to secondary school

  • Devon Choice Advice
  • Devon School Admissions Online

• Moving on from secondary school

  • Connexions
  • Devon Transitions Protocol – for young people with special needs
  • Job Centre Plus
  • New Deal for young people

• Areas of need - Communication and Interaction

  • Afasic – Unlocking speech and learning
  • I Can – helps children communicate
  • National Autistic Society

• Areas of need - Emotional, Behavioural and Social

  • Contact a Family – for families with disabled children

• Areas of need - Cog and Learning

  • British Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC)
  • Down's Syndrome Association
  • Dyslexia Action
  • Epilepsy Action
  • Headway – the brain injury association
  • National Blind Children's Society (NBCS)
  • National Children's Bureau
  • National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
  • Scope – for disabled people achieving equality
  • Sense – for deafblind people
  • The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE)

• Areas of need - Gifted and Talented

  • South West Gifted And Talented Education (SWGATE)

• SEN code of practice

  • Department for Education (Dfe)
  • Devon County Special Education Team
  • Information for SENCOs – role and responsibilities of SENCO
  • Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal
  • Wessex Mediation – Disagreement Resolution Centre

• Government services for children and young people

  • Department for Education (Dfe)
  • Devon County Council
  • Ofsted
  • Teachernet
  • Teachernet – Exclusion
  • The Standards Site: Homework

• Sites with a range of information

  • Advisory Centre for Education