for Special Educational Needs and Disability

Resources

Devon Information, Advice and Support

About Special Education Needs

Different areas of Special Educational Need (SEN) (PDF)

Five important SEND terms and what they mean (PDF)

Identifying Special Educational Needs (SEN) (PDF)

Jargon Buster (PDF)

New to SEND? (PDF)

Your views and your child's

All about me view gathering form for children (PDF)

Helping your child give their views (PDF)

Sharing your views as a parent or carer (PDF)

Supporting your young person in giving their views (PDF)

This is Me – young people’s views form for an EHC needs assessment (PDF)

This is my child – parent views form for an EHC needs assessment (PDF)

Three Houses Tool (for helping a child to give their views) (PDF)

Three Islands Tool (helping a child give their views) (PDF)

Top tips on getting your child’s views (PDF)

Top tips on helping your young person give their views (PDF)

Working with professionals

Day to day working with the people who support your child (PDF)

Different kinds of SEND meetings (PDF)

Getting the most out of meetings (PDF)

Managing difficult conversations – Top Tips (PDF)

Meeting form for parents (PDF)

Meetings top tips and questions to ask (PDF)

Top tips for a face to face meeting (PDF)

Top tips for a virtual meeting (PDF)

When things go wrong (PDF)

Your role and your child’s part in meetings (PDF)

Support for SEN

Elective Home Education (PDF)

Exam support for children and young people with SEND (PDF)

Funding for children and young people with SEND

Getting more specialist help and assessment (PDF)

Going to school (Attendance)

How SEN support is planned and given (PDF)

Reasonable adjustments (PDF)

SEN Support in schools. A guide for parents and carers (PDF)

SEN support jargon buster (PDF)

Struggling to go to school (EBSNA)

What is SEN support? (PDF)

EHC assessments & plans

Appealing to the SEND Tribunal

Applying for an EHC needs assessment (PDF)

Checking a draft EHC plan using the EHC Hub (PDF)

Does my child need an EHC plan? (PDF)

Education Health and Care (EHC) Needs assessment (PDF)

Education Health and Care (EHC) plans (PDF)

EHC Needs Assessment – A guide for parents and carers 2021 (PDF)

EHC plans and reviews booklet – A guide for parents and carers (PDF)

Going to mediation

Refusal to carry out an EHC needs assessment (PDF)

Reviewing an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan (PDF)

Managing change

Choosing a school questions to ask (PDF)

Help finding and choosing a school (PDF)

Moving to Devon (PDF)

Moving up to secondary school (PDF)

Preparing for adulthood (PDF)

School comparison chart (word doc)

Top tips for finding, visiting and choosing a school (PDF)

About DiAS

DiAS services leaflet (PDF)

DiAS publications list (PDF)

DiAS Poster (PDF)

Annual Report 2022-23 Executive summary (PDF)

Annual Report 2022-23 (PDF)

Annual Report 2021-22 executive summary (PDF)

Annual Report 2021-22 (PDF)

Annual Report 2019/20 (PDF)

Resources for young people

Information for children and young people about our service (PDF)

This is Me – young people’s views form for an EHC needs assessment (PDF)

Other topics

Ambassador Volunteer annual report 2023-24

Ambassador Volunteer programme annual report 2022-23

Ambassador Volunteer programme annual report 22 (PDF)

Compliments, comments and complaints policy 2023 (PDF)

DIAS Information Principles (PDF)

Impartiality policy 2023 (PDF)

Introduction to the AV programme

DiAS (Devon, Information, Advice and Support) supports children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and their parents and carers.

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