Type: Subgroup

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  • Education subgroup meeting (20th Feb)

    • Please join our Education subgroup to talk to other parents about special educational needs, swap useful information, and help us influence education policy in Sheffield. We are a friendly and informal group, and new members are always welcome.

      In this meeting we will be joined by Natalie Askham, Principal Educational Psychologist for Sheffield City Council, to discuss the Educational Psychology Service.

      No need to book, just turn up.

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Tuesday 20th Feb 2024
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Transition subgroup meeting (Dec)

    • For parents of young people aged 14-25 years with special educational needs and/or disabilities. At this meeting, we’ll be joined by a representative from The Sheffield College who will be able to answer questions from parents.

      We are a friendly group and there will be time to chat and swap information with other parents.

      No need to book, just turn up.

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Wednesday 13th Dec 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Subgroup for adoptive parents and foster carers (Nov)

    • For adoptive parents and foster, SGO and kindship carers of children and young people aged 0-25 years with SEND in Sheffield. Please join our group to give feedback on services and processes for identifying and supporting SEND in looked-after and previously looked-after children. No diagnosis required!

      Please book your place.

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Friday 17th Nov 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Education subgroup meeting (Nov)

    • Join our Education subgroup to talk to other parents about special educational needs, swap useful information, and help us influence education policy in Sheffield. This meeting will focus on SEND provision at the Sheffield College.

      We are a friendly and informal group, and new members are always welcome. No need to book, just turn up!

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Wednesday 8th Nov 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • CANCELLED Adoption and Foster Parents subgroup meeting

    • This meeting has been cancelled.

      Are you an adoptive or foster parent/carer in Sheffield of a child or young person aged 0-25 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)? (includes SGO/kinship carers)

      Please join our subgroup to give feedback on services and processes for identifying and supporting SEND in looked-after and previously looked-after children. We welcome any parent/carer and no diagnosis is required.

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Friday 29th Sep 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Speech and Language Therapy and DLD subgroup meeting

    • Please join our next subgroup meeting for parents of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs!

      This group will meet every term to feed into an ongoing review of speech and language support for children and young people in Sheffield. We will look at proposals developed by Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group and Sheffield City Council, and give feedback. Please book your place.

      If you’d like to join us on Zoom, please get in touch and we’ll send you details.

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 11:30am Friday 7th Jul 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Education subgroup meeting

    • Please join our Education subgroup to talk to other parents about special educational needs, swap useful information, and help us influence education policy in Sheffield. We are a friendly and informal group, and new members are always welcome.

      This meeting will have a focus on the 0-5 SEND Service, so is only relevant to parents of young children.

      No need to book, just turn up.

      • WHEN
      • 12:30pm - 2:30pm Tuesday 6th Jun 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Transition subgroup meeting

    • This group is for parents of young people aged 14-25 years with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This meeting will have a focus on employment support, and we’ll be joined by representatives from the DWP and Opportunity Sheffield to learn more about the support they offer. We are a friendly group and there will be time to chat and swap information with other parents. No need to book, just turn up.

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Tuesday 16th May 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Developmental Language Disorder meeting

    • This meeting is specifically for parents whose children have DLD and is in addition to the main speech and language subgroup that follows at 10am. All are also welcome to stay on for the main meeting, but will also need to book onto the main session by following this link. The purpose of the DLD meeting is to scope out what parents need from these meetings. We will be joined by Rebecca Bergmann, a specialist DLD speech and language therapist. You can join via Zoom or in person – please let us know via the booking form if you need a Zoom link. Booking essential.

      • WHEN
      • 9:00am - 10:00am Thursday 3rd Nov 2022
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Transition subgroup meeting

    • A group for parents of young people aged 14-25 years with SEND. At this meeting we will focus on SEND provision at The Sheffield College. You will be able to speak to a member of staff from the college and ask questions.

      We are a friendly group and there will be time to chat and swap information with other parents. No need to book, but let us know if you can’t attend in person and would like to join via Zoom. We look forward to seeing you there!

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Tuesday 17th Jan 2023
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Speech and Language subgroup

    • Please join our next subgroup meeting for parents of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs!

      This group meets termly to feed into an ongoing review of speech and language support for children and young people in Sheffield. We will look at proposals developed by Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group and Sheffield City Council, and give feedback. You can join via Zoom or in person – please let us know on the booking form if you require a Zoom link. Booking essential.

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 11:30am Thursday 3rd Nov 2022
        • WHERE
        St Mary's Church and Community Centre,
        Bramall Lane,
        Sheffield,
        S2 4QZ
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  • Education subgroup meeting

    • Please join our Education subgroup to talk to other parents about special educational needs, swap useful information, and help us influence education policy in Sheffield. This is a friendly and informal group, and new members are always welcome. No specialist knowledge required – being a parent is enough! No need to book, just turn up

      • WHEN
      • 10:00am - 12:00pm Monday 17th Oct 2022