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Phased Reopening of Schools and Educational Settings

The government announced this week its "recovery roadmap" for the country to ease out of lockdown. With it is a plan to gradually reopen schools in England. You can read short summaries about these on the Contact and Council for Disabled Children websites.

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Virtual SEND Parent Drop-in

In place of the May SEND Drop-in, which has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis, we have decided to run a Virtual Drop-in from 10am-12pm on the same day. This is for the benefit of parents and carers of children or young people with

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Jill)

Source: Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchesterhttps://hsm.manchester.gov.uk/kb5/manchester/directory/advice.page?id=JqDaH0QWDh8 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IASM: While everyone is still in lockdown please contact us for advice/support using our e-mail parents@manchester.gov.uk or phone 0161 209 8356 between 8.30-4pm and leave your name, number and message and a

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“Creative Take Aways” for Neurodivergent Young People

We have recently been contacted by Starling, a charity that uses creativity and the arts to amplify the lived experience of neurodivergent young people, to bring good news about their "Creative Take Aways" project. The project, which makes free Creative Wellbeing Packs and access to

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Andy)

Source: Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchesterhttps://hsm.manchester.gov.uk/kb5/manchester/directory/advice.page?id=JqDaH0QWDh8 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IASM: While everyone is still in lockdown please contact us for advice/support using our e-mail parents@manchester.gov.uk or phone 0161 209 8356 between 8.30-4pm and leave your name, number and message and a

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Q&A from the April Virtual Local Offer Drop-in

We asked participating organisations/teams in last month's Virtual SEND Local Offer Drop-in to collate questions that parents asked them so we can share the information to more parents & carers.Below are the questions that parents asked at the April SEND Drop-in (click or tap a

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Andy)

Source: Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchesterhttps://hsm.manchester.gov.uk/kb5/manchester/directory/advice.page?id=JqDaH0QWDh8 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IASM: While everyone is still in lockdown please contact us for advice/support using our e-mail parents@manchester.gov.uk or phone 0161 209 8356 between 8.30-4pm and leave your name, number and message and a

By |2020-05-02T16:33:41+01:00May 7th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |

Short Breaks Annual Review Sessions – South Manchester

The regular Short Breaks annual reviews for parents of children with SEND in Manchester will continue on the pre-arranged dates for south, central and north Manchester - however the review sessions will now be completed over the phone with the Specialist Resource Team. Please do

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Carl)

Source: Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchesterhttps://hsm.manchester.gov.uk/kb5/manchester/directory/advice.page?id=JqDaH0QWDh8 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IASM: While everyone is still in lockdown please contact us for advice/support using our e-mail parents@manchester.gov.uk or phone 0161 209 8356 between 8.30-4pm and leave your name, number and message and a

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IAS Manchester Working Hours (Andy)

Source: Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchesterhttps://hsm.manchester.gov.uk/kb5/manchester/directory/advice.page?id=JqDaH0QWDh8 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IASM: While everyone is still in lockdown please contact us for advice/support using our e-mail parents@manchester.gov.uk or phone 0161 209 8356 between 8.30-4pm and leave your name, number and message and a

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