Special Education Needs Support
Welcome to our Special Educational Needs (SEN) section of the website.
At Heathfield and Wilnecote, we have a team that support Inclusion, and we meet weekly.
Debbie Thoroughgood is our Family support Worker - please visit the mental health page to find out more.
Rebecca Harris, Lisa Williams and Chloe Stodd are all SENCo's who work at the School. Lisa Williams at Healthfields Infants and Chloe Stodd at Wilnecote Juniors. Rebecca Harris works in supporting them both and also liaising as part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to ensure consistency.
As a parent you may have a child on the monitoring register or the SEN register, your first contact is always with the class teacher - they are the ones that know the needs of your child in the classroom best. However there may be times you are asked to meet with the SENCO's. This may be to look at paperwork or discus next steps, please don't worry about this, we simply want to work with you to support your child at school.
If you need to arrange a meeting with the inclusion team please contact the school office.
With thanks,
Inclusion Team
Useful Websites
Preparing Autistic & SEND Children for going back to school
(when we don't know when that will be)
Would you like practical help and resources to help you prepare your Autistic and SEND children to go back to school when the time comes?
www.ipsea.org.uk
A useful site for free, legally based Special Education advice
www.autism.org.uk
The National Autistic Society website, the main UK charity for supporting people with ASD and their families (contains lots of useful advice and resources)
www.attentionautism.com
For more information on Attention Autism and how you can support your child to develop attention and turn-taking skills
www.widgit.com/resources
Symbolled resources for different topics and areas of life, including resources for fire safety and about visiting the doctors/dentists
www.special-needs-kids.co.uk
An information directory for parents and carers
www.iassnetwork.co.uk
Advice and support for parents of children with SEN
www.autismuk.com
Lots of information on ASD
www.autismspeaks.org
A comprehensive site, with a useful resource library
www.oneplaceforspecialneeds.com/main/library_social_stories.html
A really useful set of social stories to share with children, covering topics ranging from coping with a new baby in the family to getting a haircut to making friends. The National Autistic Society website also provides guidance on writing your own personalised social stories
Useful, fun websites with highly visual games for using with your children to consolidate early skills:
Autism Outreach
AOT have their own Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Staffordshire-Autism-Outreach-Team-112695317037942/