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Information Advise and Support for SEND (SENDIAS) links:
Megan Kenneally-Stone (Devon):
https://devonias.org.uk/about-us/the-ambassador-volunteer-project/#
https://www.parentcarerforumdevon.org/about-us/
Bob Burton (Plymouth):
01752 258933 option one
Plymouth Information, Advice & Support for SEND (plymouthias.org.uk)
Denise Facey (Cornwall):
Health Information provided by Sally Meetham and Kath Ingram Community Learning Disability Team
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Our second meeting!
Posted: Jul 2, 2021 by: Philip Hanrahan (Philip) on: News Blog
We successfully met as a group yesterday and were pleased to welcome the input from the three local authorities, Plymouth, Cornwall and Devon.
Can I extend our gratitude to Dominic Bourton (Plymouth), Sheila Burley (Cornwall) and Josie Hanson (Devon) for sharing a little about what they do and answering questions. The theme surrounding the work that they do was abundantly about communicating and the teams around our children, which is a great endorsement for the reasons we have these meetings.
Over the next few weeks I am hoping to ask representatives from social care (children’s/adults’) to attend the next meeting which is scheduled on Thursday 30th September 2021.
In the 'Resources' section are fantastic resources provided by Josie Hanson. Josie is a social worker from the Devon ‘Preparing for Adulthood’ Team. I think that you will agree that these resources will be very helpful for those who live in Devon, but there are also great toolkits for any child on their journey into adulthood. We will certainly be looking at these closely here at Woodlands School!
We discussed how the group was aimed at the parents of those with EHCPs who are aged 14+, but wanted to stress to everyone that any parent can join the group to find out information regardless of EHCP status, as we are sensitive to the fact that some children don’t have one or are on their journey towards one. These children and young adults would benefit from the guidance being discussed. Please do not hesitate to advertise the group as widely as you can, as I do believe that the correct information and support at the right time for our students can be life changing.
If you do share, please include this link, as its really important people sign up for data and security reasons when we are inviting people to online forums:
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I am also keen to explore any options for groups to join if there are any established parents forums that invites can be sent to. Please get in touch and we can look to extend our mailing lists.
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