Together achieving better decisions and brighter futures for Manchester families of children and young people aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
We recently received great news that, because the Social Communication Pathway pilot in South Manchester has improved the experience and wait time for children and young people undergoing assessment for autism, the pathway has now been approved for a city-wide roll out. This means
Manchester City Council recently reached out to us to say that Health colleagues have raised concerns that families are presenting children late with serious conditions/ Covid-19 because of anxieties about attending hospitals. They shared with us the following guidance from Healthier Together and the Royal
The Manchester Autism Board would like to invite parents and carers to join a small group that would co-produce an intervention pathway for children & young people with autism and their families. The first meeting will take a look at interventions provided by Health professionals
We will be at The Big Health Check Up on Tuesday, 1 October, at Irish World Heritage Centre. There will be opportunities to: Speak to health professionals Get FREE health checks Visit stalls from different organisations (including us! 😊) and services Participate in interactive activities
Are you a carer? Would you like to learn how to cook healthy meals from scratch? Do you want information and advice from a registered nutritionist? ... Then this workshop is for you! This is the 2nd of a series of three workshops focused around
Follow-up meeting with working group
Meeting with NHS Clinical Commissioners
We shared a survey in November, asking fellow parent-carers to share what they think about the different Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services available for their child/ young person. We have now collated the (anonymised) data, which we will present to various service providers
Planning session
We have just published a survey, with the aim of getting parent-carers' views on how Education, Health, and Social Care (EHC) settings are doing in terms of meeting the needs of children and young people aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Below
