Useful Links
OAASIS is the Office for Advice, Assistance, Support and Information on Special needs
www.oaasis.co.uk
The 'Department for Children, Schools and Families' Official website (formally known as the DFES)
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/
The Official Leeds City Council website
www.leeds.gov.uk
The Special and Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST) decides and hear parents' appeals against LEA decisions on children's special educational needs. They are independant from both central and local government.
http://www.sendist.gov.uk/
The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) is a registered charity, which offers information about state education in England and Wales for parents of school age children. They offer free telephone advice on many subjects like exclusion from school, bullying, special educational needs and school admission appeals
www.ace-ed.org.uk
'Contact a Family' is a UK charity offering information and support to parents caring for children with any disability, special need or rare disorder
www.cafamily.org.uk
The Official 'National Autistic Society' website offers advice, support and resources for those with Autism and their families
www.nas.org.uk
'Through the Maze' is a Leeds based information service for people with a learning disability, their families, carers and other individuals and/or organisations who work with them. You can find information about events, health, education, jobs, social and leisure activities, holidays and short breaks, housing and support
www.through-the-maze.org.uk
Early Support is the government programme for achieving better coordinated, family focussed services for young disabled children and their families. The mainstreaming of the programme across England was announced in 'Aiming High for Disabled Children in May 2007'.
www.earlysupport.org.uk
The Family Fund provides timely grants to families with severely disabled children, based on families' views and needs
www.familyfund.org.uk
Crossroads Association is a charity set up for carers, both young and adult, improving the lives of carers by giving them time to be themselves and have a break from their caring responsibilities
www.carers.org.uk
The 'Beat Bullying' Official website - Beat Bullying is a national charity which supports both adults and children.
http://www.beatbullying.org/
The Official 'National Health Service' Central Government website
www.nhs.uk
The Official 'National Health Service Direct' website offers a health encyclopaedia, answers to common health questions and includes a self-help guide. This website also enables you to search for your local health services using your postcode
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
The 'Leeds Primary Care Trust' is responsible for ensuring that the people of Leeds have access to the health services they need, along with directly providing a wide range of community-based services across the city.
www.leedspct.nhs.uk
The 'Refugee Council' is there to provide support and help to refugees and asylum seekers and to make information and advice available to them directly, they also work closely with community and international organisations as well as campaign and lobby in parliament, and promote the Council through links with the media
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
REEMAP is an educational charity striving to attain a position where educational achievement of young people from Black and Minority Ethnic origins in West Yorkshire , matches the best of any city in the UK and to enable all BME communities to achieve their full potential at all levels.
www.reemap.org.uk
Network 81 is a national network of parents working towards properly resourced inclusive education for children with Special Educational Needs
www.network81.org/
'nasen' is a national organisation which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs
www.nasen.org.uk
The 'British Dyslexia Association' promotes early identification and support in schools to ensure opportunity to learn for dyslexic learners. They also represent the needs of dyslexic people on leaving school, in higher education and in work, offering courses and resources for those of all ages
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
'Dyslexia Action' is a national charity which provides services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties. They are specialists in assessment and tuition for children and adults and supply teacher training courses to specialise in dyslexia. Their services are available from 26 centres around the country.
www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/
DIAL stands for 'Disability Information and Advice Line'. They are a national organisation which provide information and advice services to disabled people and others on all aspects of living with a disability.
www.dialuk.info
If any links no longer work, please contact Rachel Harwood at Leeds Parent Partnership Service on 0113 395 1200.