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Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) may wish to go into higher education, and there is support and courses available for students with disabilities who wish to study at University level. Accessing higher education By law, universities must ensure that education is…
Post 16
Post-16 for Deaf and Vision Impaired Students in Greenwich Do I need to carry on with my studies now I am 16 years old? The law says that you must stay in education or training until you are 18. When you turn 16 you…
The Mental Capacity ACT (MCA)
The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is an important law for people with a learning disability. Every adult, whatever their disability, has the right to make their own decisions wherever possible. People should always support a person to make their own decisions if they can. This might…
Support for transition to Primary school
Applying for a Primary school The Royal Borough of Greenwich provides information for parents applying for a Primary School place for their child. There are TWO separate systems for applying to Primary school, dependent on whether your child has a statement of EHC Plan or…
Post-16 and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Your choices at 16 You must stay in education or training until you are 18. When you turn 16 you can choose to continue your studies or combine work and study. The Department for Education has produced a video explaining post 16 options
ASD Behaviour support
AUTISM AND BEHAVIOUR What is Behaviour That Challenges? ‘Challenging behaviour’ is how we classify a range of behaviours which some children and young people with autism may display to get needs met. Behaviours might be things like: Hurting others (e.g. hair pulling, hitting, head-butting) Self-injury…
Solution Circles
With the support of staff at Heronsgate Primary School, Minna (ASD Outreach Service Teacher) and Kirsty (Educational Psychologist) have developed a webinar which shows how solution circles can be used to tackle problems. The insights and solutions webinar provides guidance on how to implement solution…
ASD and Sensory
What is sensory processing? Sensory processing refers to how we use the information provided by all of the senses within our body and from our environments, how we interpret this information and respond to it. All the information is received, processed and integrated to give…
Down Syndrome (STEPS)
Support Team for Education in Primary & Secondary Schools (STEPS) Referrals to the STEPS service can be made, by schools, using the Royal Borough of Greenwich SEND Outreach Services referral form - or you can call the team on 020 8921 3311. What do STEPS do?…
Supporting Children and Families with Autism: a video series for families
As a local area partnership, we have created this series of videos to provide information, strategies and support for families with autism as well as those with a child on the autism assessment pathway. The videos are produced with Royal Borough of Greenwich, the Greenwich…