Website: www.leedssendiass.co.uk
Email address: leedssendiass@leeds.gov.uk
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Leeds SENDIASS
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice Support Service.
Leeds Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice Support Service (SENDIASS) is a small team comprising a coordinator and 4 full time equivalent officers.
SENDIASS have a duty to provide information, advice and support to disabled children and young people, and those with Special Educational Needs (SEN), and their parents. They are a statutory service. They are free, impartial and confidential.
0-25 SEND Code of Practice 2015 Department for Education.
Leeds SENDIASS aims to provide equity of service across the city including early intervention regarding SEND support in schools through to information advice and support in statutory processes such as Education Health Care assessments and appeal, in an ever-increasing SEND population.
Local Offer SENDIASS
Contact details
SENDIASS Offer
The Leeds SENDIASS “Offer” is a menu of support which promotes independence and self-advocacy for parents and carers and young people.
The team in Leeds are trained to support, and work in partnership with parents so they can participate and make informed decisions about their child’s education.
The information, advice and support is impartial and provided at arm’s length from the local authority and ICBs (Integrated Care Boards).
The information, advice and support offered is free, accurate and confidential.
Click here to download the SENDIASS service offer document.
Click here to download the SENDIASS service offer.
Information videos
SENDIASS Information Videos provide parents and carers and those working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities with step-by-step information on a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities processes including information about Special Educational Needs Support, Education Health and Care Needs Assessment, Education Health and Care Needs Plans (EHCP), EHCP Reviews and SEND Tribunal Mediation and Appeal.
Information for young people
Leeds SENDIASS information videos for young people provide information about Special Educational Needs and/ or Disabilities (SEND) processes, designed in consultation with young people in Leeds with SEND.
The videos provide step by step information about Leeds SENDIASS, include the Leeds SENDIASS service offer animation, information about the Leeds Local Offer and information about SEND processes including Education Health and Care Needs Assessments, Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP) and EHCP reviews and new videos are added to the offer.
Leeds SENDIASS Young People SEND information videos can be viewed in our playlists on the Leeds SENDIASS You Tube Channel: Leeds SENDIASS YouTube.