Local Offer - Special educational needs and disabilities
Our local offer sets out the support, services and information available for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).
The local offer includes:
- Education, health and social care services from birth to 25 years of age
- Eligibility criteria to access specialist support services
- The support arrangements available to help you access the services you need
- How to make a complaint
For parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, Herefordshire SENDIAS provides an impartial and confidential support service.
Visit Herefordshire's Local Offer on the Talk Community Directory
You'll find information about all of the following and more:
- About special education needs and disabilities and how the Local Offer can help
- Childcare for children with SEND
- Healthcare for children with SEND - including equipment, adaptations and technology
- Social care for disabled children - including disabled children's social care needs assessment and carer's assessment
- Respite, short breaks and activities
- Education health and care plans (ECHP)
- Personal budgets, health budgets and funding for schools
- Educational support - including specialist support for children with autism, hearing or visual impairment, physical disability, speech, language and communication difficulties, social, emotional and mental health difficulties, behavioural difficulties, or medical needs. Also specialist schools, school transport, disabled student's allowance
- Preparing for adulthood - including overview and links to health, housing and money matters for 16+ with SEND
- Independent travel training
- Links to other sources of information, advice and support
The local offer is continuously being developed in consultation with young people and their families. Workshops and consultation events will continue to be held to ensure the right information is available in the right format at the right time. To share your views about the local offer email localoffer@herefordshire.gov.uk