York SENDIASS

York Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) is available for:

• parents
• carers
• children
• young people (up to the age of 25)

Visit www.yorksendiass.org.uk for more information.

York SENDIASS provides free special educational needs and disabilities support:

• over the telephone
• during home visits
• through SEN and disability support meetings

Watch our video which explains the SENDIASS service in more detail:

How our SENDIASS service can help

Through the SENDIASS service, we can:

• listen to your concerns
• help you understand educational support in schools, colleges and other educational settings
• give advice and support in relation to a 'My Support Plan' and 'Education Health Care Assessments', which may include attending meetings and future reviews
• explain the law and your rights
• give advice and support to promote involvement of parents, carers, children and young people in all decisions about outcomes in schools and educational settings
• help open up positive dialogue between parents, carers, young people, schools, local authority (LA), health and voluntary bodies
• help you when things go wrong
• resolve disagreements between parents, young people, schools, or the LA
• put families in touch with support groups
• advise and support children and young people to participate fully in decisions about their desired outcomes
• help promote independence and self advocacy for children, young people and their parents
• provide specialist individual support to parents, carers, children and young people who are involved in Education, Health and Care (EHC) Assessments

Also see

• Special educational needs and disabilities
• Schools and education