Essex SENDIAS service

They can help by:

• listening to your concerns and explaining what options are available
• explaining how education settings can support children and young people with special educational needs/a disability
• giving you information about what the law is and what your choices are, to help you make your own decisions
• supporting you where required at meetings and helping you to get your views across
• finding voluntary groups and other agencies that can also support you, with the help of the Essex Local Offer
• guiding you through the Education, Health and Care Needs assessment process
• supporting you in discussions with education settings and the local authority where a child or young person is at risk of exclusion or has been excluded
• advise you on processes for resolving disagreements, SEND Tribunal processes and means of redress
• consulting parents, children and young people and ensuring your views influence the development of local policy and practice for children and young people with special educational needs and disability