Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Birmingham Forward Steps: delivering education, health and wellbeing for children and young people aged 0 to 5 in Birmingham.
Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support
What is the Birmingham Forward Steps (BFS) offer?
Health Visitors, Early Years and Family Support Workers are knowledgeable about SEND services and can provide advice, signposting and will make referrals to appropriate services and connect families to SEND services within their local community.
BFS works in partnership with KIDS to provide support for children with SEND and their families, or those awaiting further investigation. KIDS deliver groups in the Family Hubs and community venues.
BFS offers in each of the Family Hubs a Stepping Stones Group to support parents of children in the Early Years (from birth to 5 years old) with identified or emerging additional needs, to build confidence of parents/carers in meeting the needs of their child and access to SEND information. For more information contact your local Family Hub.
Resources
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Birmingham Local Offer for special educational needs and disability. |
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Cerebra is the national charity helping children with brain conditions and their families discover a better life together. |
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Family Fund is the UK's largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. |
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Guide Dogs provide a range of services to support not only your child with sight loss, but the whole family. |
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Kids: giving disabled children a brighter future When the world blocks children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, Kids speaks up. |
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AWM are the leading charity in the West Midlands for people on the autism spectrum. They use expertise to enrich the lives of autistic people and those who love and care for them. |
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The Council for Disabled Children is the umbrella body for the disabled children's sector with a membership of over 300 voluntary and community organisations and an active network of practitioners that spans education, health and social care |
