Services who may get involved
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This page of the website gives you some information about the key services who may become involved in supporting you and your child.
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
CAMHS are the NHS service that assess and treats young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties. Their support covers depression problems with food, self-harm, abuse, violence or anger, bipolar, schizophrenia and anxiety.
Yong Minds has put together some useful information about CAMHS in general including what may happen, questions to ask and how young people may transition to adult services. They have also produced guidance for parents and carers as well as young people, you can find all the information about CAMHS on their website here.
To find out more about the local CAMHS service please click here.
Early Years SEND Team
This team works with children up to upper foundation level in schools, with developmental delay or additional needs. The service is is made up of Early Years specialists who provide support to children and families in the home (Portage) and in Early Years settings (including child minders, private, voluntary and independent nurseries and school nurseries).
The SEND Service includes advisory teachers that work with children in education settings to provide support and they have the same role as a Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator. They work with parents and settings as well as other services to meet the needs of the child.
To find out more about the full range of services available from the Early Years SEND Team click here.
Learning Support Service (LSS)
The team works with schools and parents to meet the needs of children with learning needs including dyslexia. The team includes specialist advisory teachers who support schools and Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinators. The advisory teacher would meet with a child or young person who has a particular need to assess what support may be needed. Advisory Teachers and Assistants are also able to offer an individual teaching programme to address needs identified because of dyslexia.
To find out more about the Learning Support Service click here.
Portage
This is a home visiting service for pre-school children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their families. The service works with families to develop a quality of life and experience for them as a family in which they can learn together, play together and participate and be included in the community in their own right.
To find out more about Portage in the Wakefield area click here.
Schools Exclusion Team
This team works with schools, parents and children of statutory school age about school exclusions. They work with schools who are having issues with engaging pupils and provide legal information and advice to schools, governors, parents and practitioners who work with them on the legal process of exclusions. To find out more about the School Exclusion Team click here.
Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities Support Service (SENDSS)
This is the service in Wakefield Council that provides special educational needs support services to schools and colleges for children with additional needs from the Wakefield area. The service includes the following teams:
This is a specialist team of advisory teachers and support staff who work children who have social, communication and physical difficulties. A named advisory teacher meets with every school across the Wakefield district each term to discuss the needs of their pupils and identify any children who may need additional support. For more details of the CIAT team click here.
The team works with children and young people who have been given a clinical diagnosis of hearing loss. Children referred to the service are assessed to establish what their support needs may be and to see if they qualify for additional support from the service. For more details of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Team click here.
This team works with children who have a visual impairment with or without additional needs. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW. For more details of the Visual and Multi-Sensory Impairments Team click here.
Previously known as the Behaviour Support Team, this team provides support to schools, parents and practitioners who work with them about behaviour management. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW For more details of the SEMH Team click here.
Last reviewed: 13/03/2018