Parent carers of children and young people with special educational needs and or disability (SEND) are invited to a support drop-in session in Keynsham.
Bath and North East Somerset Council is holding the two-hour session, which includes a series of workshops on Friday November 4 from 10am-12 noon, at the Community Space, above Keynsham Library and Information Service.
A large range of professionals from different support services will be at the event for parents and carers to talk to.
These include Educational Psychology, Sendias, Speech & Language Therapy, B&NES Carers’ Centre, Bath and North East Somerset Community Health and Care Services Autism Service (HCRG) and Attendance & Welfare Support Service.
Other organisations taking part include the Education Inclusion Service, Off The Record – Shout Out advocacy, Bath Rugby Foundation, Fosseway School – Project Search internship programme at the RUH, the Library Service, Mentoring Plus, Bath College, B&NES Parent Carer Forum, Specialist Autism Support Service (SASS) @ Fosseway School and Live Well B&NES.
There will be a timetable of workshops for people to take part in if they want to and details will be shared on www.facebook.com/livewellbathnes. There is no need to book, just come along on the day.
B&NES Council’s Councillor Dine Romero, cabinet member for Children, Young People and Communities, has said: “We want to raise awareness of this event and reach as many parent carers as we can. It is a drop-in session and anyone who comes along will have the chance to talk to a large range of support services for advice on the issues they might be dealing with as a parent carer of a child or young person with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
To find out more about the help you can find go to https://livewell.bathnes.gov.uk/