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- Please see each page as there are links to organisations related to each topic.
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- Information for family member concerned their loved one with autism or a learning disability is at risk of entering an Assessment and Treatment Unit here

- This link provides an alphabetical list of organisations that have content on the SEND Gateway. 


- A-Z of  Care and Support Jargon  

- Local Support Organisations are invaluable. e.g.
​Autism West Midlands, 
Families in Care in Newcastle
and 

Richmond Fellowship, Scotland
Support Packages for people with complex needs (accessed via brokerage?)
''
unique within social care in Scotland in having a Positive Behaviour Support Team, who support our staff and services to work with people with complex behaviours and additional support needs''
and

Solace - Providing help to victims of domestic and sexual violence in the London area

- These are a list of organisations that may be able to help:-

The Anna Freud Centre  national wellbeing directory allows people to search for local mental health services for those up to age 25 by postcode; a jargon buster to help young people understand their options in simple language; and information about working with services and understanding treatments and referrals. The aim is to help children and young people understand and engage in mental health services and for those who feel disengaged from mental health services to find alternative support. 

Family Difficulties, Making Sense of your situation

Adopters and Kinship Carers Campaigning Organisation to support adoptive children who return to Care and others affected by the same issues of 'parenting from a distance'.

Adoption Contact Register - register if you would like to make contact with someone who was adopted, post 18 or if you were adopted and want to make contact with birth/first family members.


Support for anyone affected by adoption.

A National Voice: An organisation of young people who are or have been in care.

Human Rights-Keeping families together
All together in Dignity to Overcome Poverty.

Article 39 UNCRC: Fighting for children’s rights in institutional settings.


Network Autism, Where Autism Professionals Connect

Bailii View reported family court cases, searchable by local authority 

British Association of Social Workers: Provides legal advice and representation to members. 

Cafcass and their procedures

Care Leaver’s Association: An organisation for careleavers

Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Exploitation
This is a very good report.


Childline's website can be accessed here

Children’s Rights Alliance for England: Campaign to protect the human rights of children.


Courts and Tribunals Judiciary - advice on going to court

Court of Protection Hub

Every Disabled Child Matters: A campaign to ensure the inclusion of disabled children within government policy.


Family Court Information for the Bristol area, Very good information about processes that are applicable nationwide

Family Rights Group, Young Parents Advice  - a good resource for all in contact with Children's Services about their child.

Freedom Programme, Domestic Violence Programme.

Grandparents Plus 

Whether you're a grandparent, family member or friend, taking on care of a child is always complicated, and it's likely that you'll need independent advice at some stage of the process. 

Is a social worker qualified? Check the HCPC register.

Home Education

The Howard League: Campaigns for and represents the interests of young people in custody.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in England and Wales. 


Just for Kids Law

Find a solicitor. Solicitors should be on the children's panel

Law Centres help those who cannot afford a lawyer. 

Healthy Relationships

First Family Service for Birth Parents and Birth Relatives
Is your child no longer with you or is there a chance this may happen? Free advice and support for birth mothers, fathers and relatives.


Reducing Parental Conflict Hub


Mental Capacity Act Directory

Missing people: Specialist advice and family support for missing children, vulnerable adults and families. 

Pornography Indecent images of children: guidance for young people (Home Office)
This guidance aims to help young people understand the law on making or sharing indecent images of children. The Home Office have also produced a supporter pack to help educate young men on the law relating to indecent images of children online.

Providing information, advice and support for everyone affected by a parent's drinking

Parents against child sexual exploitation; supports families of sexually exploited children.

Public Concern at Work. Free and confidential support for whistleblowers. 

Support and advice for people abused by professionals.

The Rape & Abuse Helpline UK (freephone)
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0808 800 0123 answered by women 
- 0808 800 0122 answered by men

Relate Counselling, support and information for all successful relationships.

Respond - Challenges vulnerability and sexual abuse in the lives of people with learning disabilities.


​Worried about your online behaviour, or somebody else's?

A film designed to help primary carers/mothers prepare for their sentencing hearings. It outlines the law & provides a checklist of things parents should tell the sentencer about their children.

Rights of Women provides advice regarding the law. See this page - 

Safe Lives, Ending Domestic Abuse

Samaritans Someone to talk to about any issue that troubles you. Call 08457 90 90 90 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.


Advocacy and support for survivors of abuse by professionals.

Support for keeping siblings connected when in care.

SWAN: Social Work Action Network. A network of social work practitioners, academics, social work students and social welfare service users. A radical approach to social work.


Stop it Now: Child abuse prevention group. Helpline for adults concerned about their own behaviour towards children.

Locate your MP  


Together for Mental Wellbeing,
Criminal Justice Community Link Workers work alongside individuals throughout the criminal justice pathway to help them engage or re-engage with relevant services to tackle things like housing, addictions or debt, as well as their mental wellbeing.


United Response has a set of guides that provides straightforward explanations for all things finance and money related.

Victim Support helps anyone affected by crime including friends, family and any other people affected. It doesn’t matter when the crime took place – you can get some support at any time, and for however long, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year regardless of whether the crime was reported to the police.

Young Minds  eg How you can help someone having a panic attack (YoungMinds) 
Blog post giving advice on how you can help someone having a panic attack 

- There are clinicians who carry out research and work in settings where they have clinical expertise to make accurate and differentiated diagnoses for individual children:-

Dr Judith Gould, Lorna Wing Centre (wisdom and expertise and sometimes publishes with Happe and O'Nions)


Prof Jonathan Green, Manchester Children’s Hospitals University NHS Trust and Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.
Ground-breaking work with adopted children and early intervention programmes for children with autism and their families as just two examples,

Prof Simon Baron-Cohen, Director, Autism Research Centre (ARC) in Cambridge primarily because of this study,
'Positive and Negative Experiences of Mothers with Autism'

Dr Matt Woolgar, South London and Maudsley NHS
Expertise around attachment, also raising concerns about clinical mis-attribution of a child's difficulties, often SEN-D related, as ones of attachment.

- Autism Independent diagnostic centres, The following independent autism diagnostic centres all assess and diagnose ASD with a profile of PDA in accordance with NICE pathways. These services can be commissioned either privately or by your Clinical Commissioning Group if they have approved funding for an assessment. 

The Elizabeth Newson Centre (ENC) – Nottingham 
The Lorna Wing Centre (LWC) – Kent 
Help for Psychology – Norwich 
Healthcare 4 Kids – Warwickshire 
​Spectrum North West - Warrington
​Axia ASD - Cheshire
The Spectrum Centre – Northern Ireland


Please contact services  for information regarding costs, waiting times and their referral process. Costs can vary between approximately £ 1,000– £3,500. N.B. discuss local funding pathways and process for independent diagnostic centres with your GP.

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    • What is Autism?
    • Free training
    • Related Conditions
    • Child Development
    • Communication Needs
    • Challenging Behaviour or not?
    • CP Legislation in England.
    • Why Children's Services?
    • Accomodated By Agreement?
    • Advice from other Parents?
    • Working together.
    • easy-read, video
    • Recording Meetings
    • CP Support for Parents?
    • Support for Families with Autistic Family Members?
    • Are you a Parent/Carer with a Learning Disability?
    • Difficulties Accessing Support?
    • Charge of Fabricating Illness?
    • Secure Settings
    • If your child enters Care
    • If your child leaves Care
  • The Route into Care by Sam.
  • Overview - Autistic Children in Care
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Campaigns.
  • Useful links
  • Expert Reports
  • CONTACT ME
  • Blogspot
    • Risky Business
    • Complexity
    • Not like that
    • The State of Us
    • Commitment
    • Knowing
    • Positive
    • Adversarial and Punitive
    • Hunger
    • Identity
    • Bias
    • Debased
    • Esteem
    • Language
    • Broken Things
    • Stereotypes
    • Failure
    • Our People
    • Rescuing Children
    • Trust
    • Power Dynamics
    • I want to speak
    • Love and Oppression
    • Grief
    • Respect
    • Perfect
    • Confidentiality
    • EHCP Case Study
    • Unwanted
    • The Market in Care and Health
    • Home Education, Changes Afoot?
    • Edge of Care
    • The Grandmother's Statement
    • Fenestra Serious Case Review
    • Something Bad
    • Something Good
    • If Only
    • Working with Families
    • Letter to my Son's SW
    • Difficult Families
    • Mothers of the Disappeared
    • Validation
    • Blame
    • Ethics
    • Burnout
    • Trauma
    • Too Traumatised
    • Stigma
    • Alienation
    • Abuse and Neglect
    • Seeking Help
    • Experts by Experience
    • Too Difficult
    • I'm Sorry
    • Hide the Knives
    • The American Model
    • Magic Money Tree
    • Waiting
    • Why Wait?
    • Fierce
    • Happy ever after
  • Home
  • How to Use this Resource
  • Questions/Topics
    • What is Autism?
    • Free training
    • Related Conditions
    • Child Development
    • Communication Needs
    • Challenging Behaviour or not?
    • CP Legislation in England.
    • Why Children's Services?
    • Accomodated By Agreement?
    • Advice from other Parents?
    • Working together.
    • easy-read, video
    • Recording Meetings
    • CP Support for Parents?
    • Support for Families with Autistic Family Members?
    • Are you a Parent/Carer with a Learning Disability?
    • Difficulties Accessing Support?
    • Charge of Fabricating Illness?
    • Secure Settings
    • If your child enters Care
    • If your child leaves Care
  • The Route into Care by Sam.
  • Overview - Autistic Children in Care
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Campaigns.
  • Useful links
  • Expert Reports
  • CONTACT ME
  • Blogspot
    • Risky Business
    • Complexity
    • Not like that
    • The State of Us
    • Commitment
    • Knowing
    • Positive
    • Adversarial and Punitive
    • Hunger
    • Identity
    • Bias
    • Debased
    • Esteem
    • Language
    • Broken Things
    • Stereotypes
    • Failure
    • Our People
    • Rescuing Children
    • Trust
    • Power Dynamics
    • I want to speak
    • Love and Oppression
    • Grief
    • Respect
    • Perfect
    • Confidentiality
    • EHCP Case Study
    • Unwanted
    • The Market in Care and Health
    • Home Education, Changes Afoot?
    • Edge of Care
    • The Grandmother's Statement
    • Fenestra Serious Case Review
    • Something Bad
    • Something Good
    • If Only
    • Working with Families
    • Letter to my Son's SW
    • Difficult Families
    • Mothers of the Disappeared
    • Validation
    • Blame
    • Ethics
    • Burnout
    • Trauma
    • Too Traumatised
    • Stigma
    • Alienation
    • Abuse and Neglect
    • Seeking Help
    • Experts by Experience
    • Too Difficult
    • I'm Sorry
    • Hide the Knives
    • The American Model
    • Magic Money Tree
    • Waiting
    • Why Wait?
    • Fierce
    • Happy ever after