ADHD
Newham CAMHS Services & Resources: Neurodiverse Conditions
A local support and action group for Havering, Barking, and Dagenham, and the surrounding areas.
Age Range: N/A
Contact Details:
01708 454040
https://www.addup.co.uk/contact-us/
Referral Details:
To join use the following link: https://www.addup.co.uk/membership/
Weblink: https://www.addup.co.uk/
ADDISS provides people friendly information and resources about ADHD to anyone who needs assistance, including parents, sufferers, teachers or health professionals.
Age Range: N/A
Contact Details:
0208 952 2800
Referral Details:
No referral needed, there are various resources and information available on the website
Weblink: http://www.addiss.co.uk/
A website that sends regular emails with links to articles, workshops etc.
Age Range: N/A
Contact Details:
https://www.additudemag.com/contact-us/
Referral Details:
To join use the following link: https://www.additudemag.com/wp-login.php?action=register
Weblink: https://www.additudemag.com/
Provides independent supporters advice and support for parents of children with special educational needs (SEN), and young people with SEN.
Also provides disability advocacy, which includes engaging and including those with disabilities in community activities and decisions about themselves.
Age Range: Various
Contact Details:
0808 800 0037
Referral Details:
There are various services that can be found using the weblink below. Click on the appropriate option on their website and follow the advice/instructions given.
Weblink: https://www.barnardos.org.uk/
CEN aims to support, advise, represent and reintegrate pupils excluded from school back into full-time mainstream education and to support parents to play an empowered role for the successful education and progress for their children.
Age Range: Unlisted
Contact Details:
0207 733 0297
Referral Details:
Use the form on the following page http://cenlive.org/get-help
Weblink: http://cenlive.org/
An advice line which provides legally based information and next step advice on educational issues that is the result of your child's special needs or disability.
Age Range: Various
Contact Details:
01799582030 (for general enquiries - the helplines themselves can be found here: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/Pages/Category/service-overview)
Referral Details:
No referral required, the various helplines can be found here: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/Pages/Category/service-overview
Weblink: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/
An independent mediation and disagreement resolution service which is free of charge for parents/carers and young people. The service helps to settle disagreements between parents or young people and local authorities and schools or other education providers. These disputes are often about the special educational needs and disability (SEND) of children and young people, and how to best meet their needs.
Age Range: Various
Contact Details:
0207 359 3635 (main number)
03330 062 835 (mediation service number)
Referral Details:
For the mediation service call the number above, or fill out the form on the link below:
https://www.kids.org.uk/mediation-home/mediation-contact-us/
Weblink: https://www.kids.org.uk/
LUC Hidden SEND is a new initiative by Let Us Communicate. They aim to empower parents and carers with knowledge of their rights when raising a child with hidden disabilities, resources and signposting. They offer support for parents and carers who may be experiencing issues with their child's school, health etc. Parents and carers are invited to zoom meetings/coffee mornings with speakers.
Age Range: Unlisted
Contact Details:
07940242234
Referral Details:
To join use the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebrRuT0vG6E5Aj2Drbk446rSmEYVvsl4bquzuvOBR-SSxmow/viewform
Weblink: https://families.newham.gov.uk/kb5/newham/directory/service.page?id=WmxCDdXcYms
The commissioned service to provide support to carers and young carers across the borough of Newham. They offer free and confidential advice, information, activities and support to unpaid carers living or caring for someone living in Newham.
Age Range: Unlisted
Contact Details:
0203 954 3143
info@newhamcarerscommunity.org.uk
Referral Details:
Call the number or email the email address above for more information
Weblink: https://www.newham.gov.uk/health-adult-social-care/carer-2
Newham Parent Forum is a voluntary group of parents and carers of children and young people (0-25) with special/additional needs and disabilities (SEND) living in the London Borough of Newham. They provide an opportunity for parents and carers to express their views and input into the planning and delivery of SEND services.
Age Range: 0 - 25 years old
Contact Details:
07495021062
Referral Details:
To join use the following link: https://www.newhamparentforum.co.uk/join-us/
Weblink: https://www.newhamparentforum.co.uk/
Offers a free, friendly, independent, and confidential telephone helpline for parents and others looking for information and advice on Special Educational Needs and Disability.
Age Range: Unlisted
Contact Details:
0208 538 3731 (Helpline)
0203 409 3851 (Main Office)
Referral Details:
No referral required, call the helpline above, or alternatively use the weblink below to find specific information/advice based on your circumstances.
Weblink: https://sossen.org.uk/
SENDIASS offers free, impartial, and confidential information to young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents and carers. There is a SENDIASS service in every local authority in England, and service users can search the website using their postcode to see if there is a service near them. They also provide information on a wide range of SEND topics for anyone to access.
Age Range: 0 - 25 years old
Contact Details:
Use the "Search our SENDIASS services" box on the website to find the contact details for the service closest to you
Referral Details:
For families of young people aged 0 - 25 years old with special educational needs and disabilities. The service is open to parents and carers, and to young people themselves.
The referral details are dependent on the service offered. Find the appropriate service on the website for more details.
Autism
AAA offers a range of services based at the Terence Brown Arc in the Park, an inclusive resource, delivery and neighbourhood play hub for children and young people living in Canning Town. The services focus on and support children and young people most in need, including those with disabilities or additional needs, including after school clubs, holiday play, youth activities, youth clubs, disability specific activities, detached youth projects, information advice and support for vulnerable young people, mentoring and personal development programmes, doorstep inclusive sports clubs, and outward-bound activities and experiences.
Age Range: Various dependent on course
Contact Details:
0207 511 4253
Referral Details: Book one of the courses via the website
Weblink: https://www.theaaazone.com/
EPEC is a parent lead parenting programme that aims to stregthen parent-child bonds and relationships. Parents learn a range of positive parenting skills. Parents can learn a range of positive parenting skills such as better understanding children's feelings, valuing effective parent-child communication, building better more resilient family relationships, being good enough, play and spending time with your children, understanding children's behaviour, positive discipline strategies, listening and communication, and coping with stress. There is also an ASD specific and baby oriented group.
Age Range: Parents of children/young people aged 9 - 16 years old (this is for the standard group but other groups may vary)
Contact Details:
0203 373 2051
Referral Details: No referral, you typically sign up via Eventbrite. Enquire using the contact details to see when the next one is
Weblink: https://families.newham.gov.uk/kb5/newham/directory/family.page?familychannel=1-1
The Language, Communication and Interaction Service (LCIS) is a multi-disciplinary team of specialist teachers, speech and language therapists and SEN Early Years and School- Age Practitioners. We are a specialist service that works with families; children’s centres; other early years settings; and schools to support and develop provision for children and young people aged 0-16 years with social communication difficulties, autism and for some with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and speech sound disorder.
Age Range: 0 - 16 years old
Contact Details:
0203 373 6321
Referral Details: For young people with autism or Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)/Speech Sound Disorder (including their schools and families). It is free to Newham organisations and residents.
For children of nursery age, a referral must be made via the Early Notification Panel. Early Years settings and any other agencies involved with the child can refer through this panel with parental consent.
For children aged 5-16, schools or any other agency involved can refer with parental consent using the LCIS referral form.
Parents can request that any of the above make a referral if appropriate.
Once a referral has been accepted, the level of and type of support offered by our service will vary depending on a range of factors.
Weblink: https://families.newham.gov.uk/kb5/newham/directory/service.page?id=Oo1YXQmeqVc
Supports parents/carers of a child with autism. They provide diagnostic services, training, accreditation, consultancy and conferences, designed to support all professionals and organisations.
Age Range: Various
Contact Details:
0207 833 2299
Referral Details:
There are a variety of services with different referral rules and criteria. See the options here: https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/autism-training-and-best-practice
Weblink: https://www.autism.org.uk/
SENDIASS offers free, impartial, and confidential information to young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents and carers. There is a SENDIASS service in every local authority in England, and service users can search the website using their postcode to see if there is a service near them. They also provide information on a wide range of SEND topics for anyone to access.
Age Range: 0 - 25 years old
Contact Details:
Use the "Search our SENDIASS services" box on the website to find the contact details for the service closest to you
Referral Details:
For families of young people aged 0 - 25 years old with special educational needs and disabilities. The service is open to parents and carers, and to young people themselves.
The referral details are dependent on the service offered. Find the appropriate service on the website for more details.
Learning Difficulties
The Child Development Centre is based at the West Ham Lane Health Centre. It is for the multidisciplinary assessment of children with complex development difficulties.
The professionals involved in these assessments include, Community Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapists. We also work with professionals from the Education department within some assessment pathways.
The Enuresis clinic is also held within the Child Development Service. The clinic is a specialist service, provided as doctor and nurse led sessions, that offers medical intervention, support and advice to children and young people aged 5 to 18 years with a night time wetting problem. The support and treatment offered by the service helps to improve social inclusion for the children and young people, and their families.
Age Range: 5 - 18 years old
Contact Details:
0208 586 6250
Referral Details:
For Children with complex developmental difficulties. The referral form is available on the website.
Weblink: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/service/195/Newham-Child-Development-Service