Newsletter
About
The Wakefield Special Educational Needs / Disabilities (SEND) Local Offer makes a newsletter. It is called News & Views and it goes out three times a year.
It has information about different conditions, support groups, activities, services and advice.
It is for children, young people, parents, carers and professionals.
You can get a copy by post or email by joining the Information Network. You can also download the newsletter using the links below.
If you have a good idea for the newsletter or would like to write something for it you can email us at wakefieldlocaloffer@family-action.org.uk
Read the Autumn 2024 newsletter online.
Download the Autumn 2024 newsletter PDF
Features Reasonable Adjustments from Wakefield Parent Carer Forum, How To Obtain an EHCP, Build Our Futures, Differences in Winter Routines, How to Translate the Local Offer Website into Another Language, Max Cards.
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Below is a list of previous newsletters and the articles they contained. These newsletters are available as a PDF upon request by emailing wakefieldlocaloffer@family-action.org.uk
Features reasonable adjustments from Wakefield Parent Carer Forum, Lumi Nova, Wakefield Shout Out for Change, Family and Youth Hubs, SEND-friendly things to do evenings and weekends, Happy Healthy Holidays, Max Cards.
Features what's new, impartiality vs advocacy, the Change Programme, EBSA worry signs and strategies, anxiety tips, CAMHS eating disorder service, Wakefield museums, SEND things to do, Local Offer Live event and Max Cards.
Autumn / Winter 2023
Features Who's New to the Local Offer, autism social communication support, Wakefield Awareness Support Project (WASP), Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) for education settings, Active Through Football, NLY Community Sport, SEND-friendly things to do, Indoor places to go with a Max Card.
Summer 2023
Features Who's New to the Local Offer, Y7 Transition Tips, Children's Advocacy and Participation Service (CAPS), How to Get in Touch With WESAIL, Autism Support Group and Sensory Needs, Buzz, Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA), Go Higher West Yorkshire, SEND Friendly Things To Do, Places to go With Your Max Card (outdoor) and Max Cards.
Spring 2023
Features an easy read guide on How to Find Education Providers on the Local Offer Website, Wakefield and District Down's Syndrome Support Group, Deaf Services and Information for Wakefield, Tourette Syndrome and Schools, A Positive Day In the Life Of..., Blue Badge Scheme, Short Breaks, Upcoming Events and Max Cards.
Winter 2022-2023
Features Portage, Children's Continence Service, An Introduction to Tourettes, Applying for a Secondary Place With an EHC Plan, 5 Day Offer, Wakefield Castles and Museums, CoActive, Getting in Touch With WESAIL, Max Cards.
Autumn 2022
Features Family Action, Who are WESAIL?, Shout Out for Change, SELPH, A Quick Guide to Dyslexia, Sensory Play, Personal Independence Payments and Max Cards.
Spring 2022
Features Advocacy from Barnardo’s CAPs, transition top tips, frequently asked questions about ADHD, Gender and sexual identity information, Wakefield Council Inspection, Disability Living Allowance and sensory planet information.
Autumn 2021
Features the new Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) section on the Local Offer, the Royal Society for the Blind (RSBC)'s Family First Service, Distance Learning Workshops from Wakefield Early Support Advice Information Liaison Service (WESAIL), the Cultural Cohesion Quality Mark, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), Kid Squad Quiz, What is PANS / PANDAS?, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCPs), Penderels Trust, Young Carers Groups and Max Card information.
You can get your free copy by signing up to the Wakefield Information Network (IN).
The IN is also the Disabled Children’s Register which the council has a statutory duty to have and keep up to date. The register is voluntary for families to join but helps inform decisions about new and existing services across the Wakefield district.
Practitioners who work with families with children and young people with additional needs can also sign up to the IN to receive an email copy of the newsletter.