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Services
We've collected a range of links to resources, help and support which you may find useful.
Specialist schools/colleges
SEND training and courses
Barnsley Council services
Other resources and support
ADHD support
Advocacy services
Asperger's support
Autism support
Bereavement support
Bullying and harassment support
Carers
Children and young people's activities and support groups
Dyslexia support
Dyspraxia
Early help assessment (EHA)
EHCPs (education, health and care plans)
Education/EOTAS (education other than at school)
Education welfare
Exam support
Exclusions
Family
Global development delay
Health and wellbeing
Interpretation services
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diversity)
Makaton
Mental health support
Organisations supporting SEND and mental health
Pathological demand
Prader Willi syndrome
SEN support
Sensory impairment (visual/hearing)
Sleep issues
Studying in the UK as a student with disabilities
Toileting
Transition
Transport support
Translation services
Welfare and financial support
SEND legislation resources
SEND guidance
Equality Act
Guide for early years providers on the disability duties in the Equality Act
Guide for schools on the disability duties in the Equality Act
Guide for further education colleges on the disability duties in the Equality Act
School transport
SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years
Early years guide to the 0 to 25 SEND code of practice - September 2014
Further education guide to the 0-25 SEND code of practice - September 2014
SEND reforms
Education
Alternative provision
Attendance
Children missing education
Early years foundation stage (birth to 5 years)
Elective home education
Exclusions
Fair access
National curriculum
School admissions
Health and wellbeing
Children who can't attend school because of health needs
Mental health and behaviour in schools
Behaviour in schools: advice for headteachers and school staff - February 2024
Reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention in schools - June 2019
Guidance for schools: mental health issues affecting a pupil's attendance
Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions
Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions - December 2015
Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions: Links to other Resources - August 2017
For children and young people
Careers guidance - further education and sixth form - May 2025
My activity passport - activity checklist for children under 11
Transport
Complaints
Research reports
Further legislation and law resources
Children and Families Act 2014 (full act of law - GOV.UK legislation)
Children and Families Act 2014 (IPSEA guidance)
Young person’s guide to the Children and Families Act 2014 (DfE – GOV.UK)
Equality Act 2010 (GOV.UK legislation)
Education Act 1996 (GOV.UK legislation)
SEND children under the looked after category
SENDIASS work closely with children and young people who are looked after, as well as the carers who support them. We have strong links with kinship carers and provide direct Information, Advice and Support (IAS) to special guardians, adopters and other carers of children who have, or may have, SEND. Throughout 2025, we delivered training sessions for kinship carers and continue to support many kinship, foster and SGO carers who use our service.
Below are some resources we provided in the training sessions: