This page contains links to a variety of information which you may find useful. This includes courses and projects as well as links to other organisations information or educational websites. For information from the Welsh Assembly Government for supporting learners with healthcare needs, please click here.
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Useful contacts:
Asthma
- Asthma UK Cymru
Helpline: 0300 222 5800
- Guidance on the use of emergency salbutamol inhalers in schools in Wales
(Welsh Government, 2014)
www.learning.gov.wales/resources/browse-all/use-of-emergency-salbutamol-inhalers-inschools-
in-wales/?lang=en
Anaphylactic shock
- Allergy UK
Helpline: 01322 619898
- Anaphylaxis Campaign
Helpline: 01252 542029
Child support organisations
- Action for Children
Tel: 0300 123 2112
- Action for Sick Children
Helpline: 0800 074 4519
www.actionforsickchildren.org.uk/
- Barnardo’s Cymru
Tel: 02920 493387
- Children in Wales
Tel: 02920 342434
Diabetes
- Diabetes UK Cymru
Tel: 02920 668276
The Welsh Government is not responsible for the content of any external links listed within this
document.
Diabetes IHP template
www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Your-child-and-diabetes/Schools/IHP-achilds-
individual-healthcare-plan/
Diabetes UK school and parent resource packs
www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Your-child-anddiabetes/
Schools/Diabetes-in-schools-resources
Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Action Wales
Tel: 01633 253407
Helpline: 0808 800 5050
www.epilepsy.org.uk/involved/branches/cymru
- Epilepsy Wales
Helpline: 0800 228 9016
- Young Epilepsy
Helpline: 01342 831342
Learning difficulties
- Learning Disability Wales
Tel: 02920 681160
- MENCAP Cymru
Helpline: 0808 808 1111
- Special Needs Advisory Project (SNAP) Cymru
Helpline: 0845 120 3730
Medical-based support organisation
- The National Autistic Society Cymru
Helpline: 0808 800 4104
www.autism.org.uk/?nation=wales&sc_lang=en-GB
- Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre Wales
Tel: 029 2052 2600
- Cerebra – for brain-injured children and young people
Tel: 01267 244200
- Crohn’s in Childhood Research Association (CICRA) ‒ for children with Crohn’s
and colitis
Tel: 0208 949 6209
- CLIC Sargent – for children with cancer
Helpline: 0300 330 0803
- Coeliac UK
Helpline: 0333 332 2033
www.coeliac.org.uk/local-groups/?region=wales
- Cystic Fibrosis Trust
Helpline: 0300 373 1000
- Headway – the brain injury association
Helpline: 0808 800 2244
- Migraine Action
Tel: 08456 011 033
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
Helpline: 0808 800 8000
- Muscular Dystrophy UK
Helpline: 0800 652 6352
- National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service (ADDiSS)
Tel: 0208 952 2800
- National Eczema Society
Helpline: 0800 089 1122
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK
Helpline: 01332 365676
- Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Information (Shine)
Tel: 01733 555988
- Welsh Association of ME and CFS Support
Helpline: 029 2051 5061
Mental health
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
www.mental-health-matters.org.uk/page7.html
- Mind Cymru
Tel: 02920 395123
www.mind.org.uk/about-us/mind-cymru
Public bodies
- Contact a Family – for families with disabled children
Helpline: 0808 808 3555
- Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Tel: 01792 765600
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
Helpline: 0808 800 0082
- Health and Safety Executive
Tel: 02920 263120
- National Children’s Bureau Council for Disabled Children
Tel: 020 78436000
- National Health Service Direct Wales
Tel: 0845 46 47
www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/contactus/feelingunwell
- Information Commissioner’s Office Wales
Tel: 029 2067 8400
Helpline: 0303 123 1113
www.ico.org.uk/for-organisations/education
Children’s rights
- Children’s Rights Wales
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a list of
rights for all children and young people, no matter who they are or where they live.
These rights are the things that they need to be safe, healthy and happy.
Sensory impairment
- Action on Hearing Loss
Helpline: 0808 808 0123
Textphone: 0808 808 9000
www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/default.aspx
- The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) Cymru
Tel: 0808 800 8880
www.ndcs.org.uk/family_support/support_in_your_area/wales
- Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
Helpline: 0303 123 9999
- Sense Cymru – services across Wales for deafblind people and their families
Tel: 0300 330 9280
Textphone: 0300 330 9282
www.sense.org.uk/content/sense-cymru-wales
Speech and language
- Afasic Cymru ‒ helping children who have difficulty speaking and understanding
Helpline: 0300 666 9410
Benefits
A comprehensive guide to claiming carers and disability benefits, income support and other benefits can be found at www.gov.uk/browse/benefits
For a comprehensive guide to Income Support, click here.
Contact a Family also have information on benefits here.
EMA (Education Maintanance Allowance)
Applying for EMA – This is the official guide. Find out if you are eligible / how much you get and order an application form.
Click here to visit their website.
The National Autistic Society
The National Autistic Society is the leading UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger syndrome) and their families. The NAS provide information, support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world for people with autism. Their website can be accessed here.
Pembrokeshire Branch
The Pembrokeshire branch is a growing group with their own website, which can be accessed here.
A list of their meetings, held in Fishguard, Haverfordwest and Pembroke, for 2016 can be downloaded here.
Contact a Family
Contact a Family is a UK wide charity providing advice, information and support to families with disabled children regardless of the disability or condition of the child, through a network of offices and cluster teams across the country.
Their website can be accessed here.
Parents Information Website
This site aims to provide advice to adults who either care for or work with children who have:
- co-ordination skills difficulties
- visual perception difficulties
- physical difficulties / sensory difficulties when completing everyday activities.
There are video clips and links to other useful resources.
You will need the log-in: sen.parent
password: Pass91227 for this site
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Aims to break down the economic and social barriers and prejudices that people with learning disabilities face throughout their lives, as well as providing information, resources and services that can help them lead fuller, more independent lives. For their website, click here
The Foundation has also launched an easier to read resource about what to expect from the NHS.
Good Health Care for All (insert link here)
SENSE
The UK’s largest deafblind charity which provides specialist services to deafblind children and adults giving them vital information.
Click here to visit their website.
SENSE have produced an excellent booklet for parents entitled, ‘Making Play Inclusive’, which can be downloaded here.
NDCS
To contact the Pembrokeshire group of the National Deaf Childrens Society, click here for NDCS Wales.
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Downs Syndrome Association
SNAP Cymru
Click here to visit their website.
Action For Children
Action for Children supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK.
Click here to visit their website.
PAVS
PAVS is the county voluntary council, supporting community groups within Pembrokeshire.
Click here to visit their website.
hft Holiday Information Guide
hft is a charity providing support services for people with learning disabilities and their families throughout England, but they do produce a very comprehensive guide to holidaying in the UK and abroad. The 2014 edition is now available and contains information on tour operators, places to stay, special interest holidays, insurance, benefits and much more. To download a copy, click here.
The Holiday Homes Trust
This Trust was founded to provide accessible holiday homes for all families with special needs. They maintain a luxury chalet and caravans at a variety of family holiday centres across the country. To find out more information, click here.
Arts Care Gofal Celf
Arts Care Gofal Celf (ACGC) is a professional Arts organisation based in West Wales with over 20 years experience in delivering high quality projects with people of all ages, backgrounds and lifestyles.
For information about their latest initiatives, click here.
Pembrokeshire Youth Zone
A zone for young people, containing information about events, contacts and education.
Click here to visit their website.
Specialneedsjungle
This site has information, resources and informed opinion about SEN, disability, mental health and rare conditions from birth – 25years. It has expanded from a personal blog by a parent of a SEN child to a respected portal for special needs and disability issues faced by children, young people and their parents/carers.
www.specialneedsjungle.com
Netbuddy
Netbuddy is an award winning online community for parents, carers and learning disability professionals. The focus is on swapping tips and information on all aspects of supporting people with special needs.
www.netbuddy.org.uk
Social networking site for people with learning difficulties www.specialfriendsonline.com
Search engines specially designed for children:
http://www.kiddle.co/ (Powered by Google)
www.yahooligans.com
www.ajkids.com
Educational websites
Below are links to educational and fun websites to enable students and parents/carers to work and play together. Here are of some of the websites we have used, but we take no responsibility for anything you may inadvertently download whilst using them eg viruses, although we have not experienced any problems.
Espresso is an excellent site which has news, videos and interactive activities on a range of subjects at Foundation Level and at Key Stages 1 & 2.
To access this at home follow the link…
https://home.espresso.co.uk/
In username, enter: student11418
In password, enter: portfieldschool
Words for Life
A lovely site to help develop language in a fun way.
http://www.walker.co.uk/kids-den.aspx
This is a link to the site of the publisher, Walker Books.
There are interactive games, activities and ideas to suit all age groups and abilities, through popular characters such as Maisy, Judy Moody and Alex Rider.
Games can be played on the computer or activities can be downloaded and printed out.
Living Books
This is a bright and colourful site with lots of early reader activities, such as matching and memory games.
http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/
This is a site run by the National Literacy Trust to develop literacy by providing tips and information as well as lots of fun activities to do with your child to help develop communication skills.
http://www.livingpaintings.org/
This is a free lending library for people with visual impairment.
www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk
Useful site for SLD/PMLD activities for pupils infant- teenage, also ideas for teachers.
www.enchantedlearning.com
Rebus rhymes to print and activities to support.
www.schoolsitesnetwork.com
Leads into primary games.com (literacy,numeracy,science etc games to support topics, but has advertising pop ups on it that can be distracting) and teacherview.com – lesson plans.
www.dltk-holidays.com
Craft ideas and resources.
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm
Lots of songs with lyrics and music and games.
www.magickeys.com
Online storybooks to read aloud yourself.
www.preschooleducation.com
Ideas and activities based around different topics, some can be adapted for older children.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
Ideas and activities.
www.sensite.co.uk
SEN site, links to other sites for resources, information etc per subject.
www.angelfire.com/la/kinderthemes/index.html
Ideas for different themes.
www.freejigsawpuzzles.com
On-screen jigsaws.
www.playkidsgames.com
www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon – games etc
www.magickeys.com/books
Online story books
www.ability.org.uk
Click on the Ability logo to enter site then click Search and type in kids and teens in to the Search box – whole pages of info and links.
www.mamamedia.com/
Lots of animation, colour and energy.
Resource from ICAN to develop speech and language
www.communicationcookbook.org.uk
http://www.signedstories.com/page/index.cfm online stories read aloud and signed BSL
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories.htm online stories and activities