Introduction
Useful resources
- Somerset’s SEND Local Offer
Information, advice and guidance - Somerset’s Graduated Response Tool kit
- Parents or carer template form for meetings
- Somerset Short Breaks
Provide an opportunity for disabled children to spend time away from their carers, try out new things, have fun and make new friends. - Somerset Council’s website
- Somerset Parent Carer Forum
Giving a voice to Parent Carers of Children and Young People aged 0-25 years with disabilities and/or additional needs in Somerset. - Somerset Parent Carer Forum Information Leaflet
- Home education
Elective Home Education Protocol - SEND Effective Support
Guidance for all who work with early help, targeted and specialist support - Somerset Community Care Matters
Somerset Community Care Matters covers a wide range of health and social care subjects relevant to community care - Somerset Dyslexia Association
Support meetings for parents, adults and teachers are held regularly and are free to members. A telephone is also available for anyone wishing support - Mind in Somerset
For those who have a mental health issue aged 18 or over - Barnardo’s Advocacy Service
Supports children and your people who are: anyone in care; care-leavers aged 21 or under; disabled young people receiving respite care - Barnardo’s Befriending Service
Supporting parents, carers and families in the community and in diverse cultural circumstances - Bibic
Offers practical help to families caring for children; helping these children reach their full potential and living a fulfilling and more rewarding li - Cerebra
Dedicated to helping families with children with brain conditions discover a better life together. - Escape
A Somerset based supportive activity group for special needs children and their families. - Global Mediation
Global Mediation provides specialist SEN mediation in relation to disputes between parents and carers, schools and local authorities over the special - Meningitis Now
Offers support for life for anyone affected by Meningitis. They can visit you in your own home, providing information, local support, counselling and - Mindline Somerset
Mindline Somerset is a confidential listening service providing a safe place to talk if you, or someone you know, is in distress. - The National Youth Advocacy Service
Offer information, advice, advocacy and legal representation to children and young people up to the age of 25 - Ups and Downs Southwest
Supporting parents, carers and professionals involved with Down Syndrome all across the Southwest