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Other help in early years settings
Early Years SEND team The Early Years SEND team provide support for children under 5 who have significant developmental delays, complex medical needs or disability and/or social and communication difficulties. The team work directly with families and early years settings to ensure that each child’s…
Parents and carers
Use the tiles below to search the Local Offer directory for services, activities and organisations available to support parents and carers of children and young people with SEND.
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Personal Independence Payments will be replacing the Disability Living Allowance and is provided by the Department for Work and Pensions. It can help you with some of the extra costs caused by long-term ill-health or a disability if you're aged 16 to 64. The amount…
Physiotherapy service
Children’s Physiotherapy Service, Croydon Health Services (CHS) The service provides both acute and community physiotherapy as best meets the needs of individual children and young people. Children’s Physiotherapists at Croydon University Hospital provide physiotherapy as required to children and young people admitted to the Children’s…
Preparing for adulthood
Information and advice on helping children and young people with SEND prepare for adulthood, including managing their health, transitioning from children's to adult's services and training or getting a job.
Puberty and sexual health
The NHS Choices website provides information in its Sex and young people section (external link) for various aspects of young people's sexuality. It also has information on boy's bodies and girl's bodies, including puberty. You can find details of other organisations in the Local Offer directory,…
Reviewing and ceasing an EHCP
Why are EHC plans reviewed? The regular review of EHC Plans provides the opportunity for everyone involved in supporting the child or young person to check and monitor how well he/she is progressing towards the outcomes set, to see whether the provision remains appropriate and…
Schools and SEND support
Special Education Provision in Croydon Our commitment: An inclusive offer for a diverse borough Provision that is responsive to changing needs in Croydon Provision that meets individual needs Local provision at the heart of local communities High quality specialist facilities to meet children’s complex needs…
SEND and the law
National documents and guidance setting out statutory duties and recommendations related to policy and practice for children and young people with SEND. Children and Families Act 2014: Legislation which sets out government reforms to give greater protection to vulnerable children and young people; Part…
SEND Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessment process and coronavirus closures
Your child’s statutory EHC assessment During these unprecedented times when coronavirus is impacting on our public and private lives, we want to assure you that we are committed to ensuring that Croydon’s Education, Health and Care needs assessment processes remain effective and deliver within the…