National Autistic Society: Cambridge Branch

A new session for families of children with additional needs:

Sensory Saturdays

Saturdays 2.00pm-3.30pm
Fortnightly from 14th January 2012
at Soham Children's Centre

A free chill and play session for families of children with additional needs.

Places are limited so please book by calling Soham Children's Centre on
01353 727188 or email sohamchildrenscentre@cambridgeshire.gov.uk  

The local authority is updating its SEN Placement Strategy. This will affect parents and carers of children with statements whose child is not in mainstream school i.e. in special school - LA and Independent/Private, or in any of the County's Learner Centres (Cambridge, Hartford and March).

The Parent Partnership Service is holding a consultation event on 20/2/2012 at Huntingdon Library to enable parents to explain what they feel the strategy should contain. I have attached a link to info that may be useful.

The NAS held an Education Roadshow for teachers working with autism at the Life Centre, Newcastle, on Tuesday 8 November.

Don't worry if you didn't get to the venue in person, because thanks to our sponsor, Axcis Education Recruitment, NAS can offer everyone the chance watch the roadshow  online, free of charge.

Our Newcastle roadshow is the second in a series of five regional events to help teachers and other professionals learn the tools and strategies they need to support children with autism effectively. 

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school.

Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of your child’s school, from the quality of teaching, to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. Ofsted will use the information you provide when making decisions about which schools to inspect, and when.

Inspire Me is an exciting new project, funded by the Co-operative and delivered by Mencap.  It is all about giving young people (aged 16-25) with a learning disability the chance to change their future.  The project began earlier in the year in other parts of the UK and it is now beginning in the East of England.

We are offering:

'The principles of unconditional parenting' with Neil Davies (a PPS event) - 30 November

Following the success of a recent Parent Partnership Service (PPS) event for parents/carers in Wisbech, with Educational Psychologist Neil Davies, some parents requested another opportunity to meet Neil to explore further some of the issues he raised. Neil will now lead a session called “The principles of unconditional parenting” and it's open to all parents (regardless of whether you attended the first session).

The event will provide:

Do you know or think your child may have dyslexia?  
Would you like to be able to help them effectively?  The British Dyslexia Association (BDA)  the SpLD Trust, are helping to re-launch both the Cambridge and Peterborough Dyslexia Associations. On 24 November they will be holding a large-scale conference aimed at addressing the above issues for parents and teachers.  The FREE event will be only one of four to be held in the country, and is not to be missed.  We need parents to join us to make the event, and the new associations successful.

NHS Cambridgeshire, NHS Peterborough and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust are consulting with the public on proposals to redesign Mental Health Services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The consultation is taking place from 17 October 2011 – midnight 16 January 2012 September. We would welcome your views on these proposals during this time.

Hi, does anyone know of have experience with the castle school? Its looking very likely that my son will need to go there.

I was intending to come to the last meeting to ask some questions but unfortunatly couldnt get a babysitter.

Any feedback will be appreciated x