Additional resources

What is The SEND Local Offer

What you need to know about The SEND Reforms

Education Health and Care (EHC) Plans

Post 16 Support

SENCos and other help at school

Making Decisions

Transition from child to adolescent to adult mental health services – a young persons perspective

Three young people describe, in an intensely personal way, how the transition from CAMHS felt for them. They discuss the onset of their mental health problems and their experience of transition to adult services, which they describe as scary, confusing, and ‘like falling down a cliff with rocky bits’.

Accessibility at Elections

Click here to see the Electoral Commission's easy read guide to voting for those with SEND.

The easy read guide provides information about:

• how to register to vote 
• how to cast a vote with confidence at a polling station 
• how to apply for a postal and proxy vote.

The Electoral Commission is also producing a series of videos to show that voting is not always accessible for everyone and the simple things that can be done to improve the voting experience.

What happens when you call NHS 111

Some people with a learning disability, autism or both do not know what NHS 111 is. This is a short film for people with learning disabilities, autism or both which shows:

- what NHS 111 is for
- what to expect during a 111 call
- tips on how to have a good 111 call.