SEND: Useful external links

The York Local Offer provides information on what is available in York for children, young people and their families with special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND).

The Local Offer has been produced by children, young people, parents, carers and practitioners working together. Families have been engaged throughout the development of the Local Offer and feedback forms a fundamental part of it’s ongoing development.

Visit www.yor-ok.org.uk/localoffer 

York Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) provides information, advice and support to parents, carers, children and young people (up to the age of 25). They provide free special educational needs and disabilities support:

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

Visit www.york.gov.uk/SENDIASS 

Family Action is a website that provides national information for parents and carers on a wide variety of SEND issues, including: 

• Health 
• Education
• Money 
• Becoming an adult 
• Survival strategies 
• Jargon buster 

Visit www.family-action.org.uk/what-we-do/childrenfamilies/send/send-info/