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Mediation Training Pack 

To support disagreement resolution in SEN disputes, the London SEN Regional Partnership produced a training pack, containing a video and booklet, which is aimed particularly at local authorities and schools. Copies of the training pack are available free of charge from:

DfES Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley, Nottingham, NG15 0DJ

Phone: 0845 602 2260     Fax: 0845 603 3360     Email:
dfes@prolog.uk.com      Quote ref: 0262/2002


Parent Partnership Contact Details
Parent Partnership Services offer independent, impartial advice to parents about the Special Educational Needs process.

Barnet Kate Ring 020 8359 7714
 
Bexley Mary Howard 020 8303 7777 extension 4450
 
Brent Sharon Bourla 020 8937 3434
 
Bromley Debbie Satchel 020 8851 4842

 

Croydon Joy Obisesan 020 8688 8288
 
Enfield Christina Wright 020 8373 2700
 
Greenwich Yvonne Wimbury 020 8921 8433
 
Hackney Scilla Morgan 020 7014 7123
 
Hammersmith & Fulham Terry Baker 020 8753 2555
 
Haringey Ed Archer or Chrissie Baxter 020 8800 4134
 
Harrow Mo Goss 020 8732 4780
 
Hounslow Sonal Sisodia 020 8583 2607
 
Islington Ann Braham 020 7527 5856
 
Kensington & Chelsea Sharon Baxendale 020 8962 9994
 
Kingston Upon Thames Megan Naylor 020 8934 6378
 
Lambeth Chris White 020 7926 9805
 
Lewisham Sharon Lovemore 020 8698 7879
 
Luton Geoff Briggs 01582 548156
 
Newham Sue Smith 020 8470 9703
 
Redbridge Lin Beverly 020 8989 5677
 
Richmond Upon Thames Rachel Robinson 020 8831 6179
 
Southwark Sandra Gee 020 7525 2886
 
Sutton Pat Wells 020 8640 4541
 
Tower Hamlets John Thesiger 020 7364 6489
 
Wandsworth Gina Musa 020 8871 8065
 
Westminster Anne Hollinger 020 7641 5355


Further Guidance on Mediation for Local Authorities

Please click here for more information on mediation if you are a Local Authority Officer
 

Other Organisations Helping Children with Special Educational Needs

These organisations provide information, advice, support and services either for people effected by a particular disability and their families or on general disability/ educational issues.

4Children www.4children.org.uk

ACE (Advisory Centre for Education) www.ace-ed.org.uk

Action for Blind People www.afbp.org

Afasic (speech, language and communication problems) www.afasic.org.uk

ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus) www.asbah.org

British Council of Disabled People www.bcodp.org.uk

British Dyslexia Association www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk

British Epilepsy Association www.epilepsy.org.uk

British Institute for Brain Injured Children www.bibic.org.uk

Cerebra - Foundation for the Brain Injured Child - www.cerebra.org.uk

Children's Society www.the-childrens-society.org.uk

Contact a Family www.cafamily.org.uk

Council for Disabled Children www.ncb.org.uk/cdc

Cystic Fibrosis Trust www.cftrust.org.uk

Down's Syndrome Association www.downs-syndrome.org.uk

Dyspraxia Foundation www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

Fragile X Society www.fragilex.org.uk

Hyperactive Children's Support Group www.hacsg.org.uk

IPSEA (Independent Panel for Special Education Advice) www.ipsea.org.uk

Mencap www.mencap.org.uk

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign www.muscular-dystrophy.org

NASEN (National Association for Special Educational Needs) www.nasen.org.uk

National Autistic Society www.nas.org.uk

National Deaf Children's Society www.ndcs.org.uk

PHAB www.phabengland.org.uk

Reach - Association for Children with Hand or Arm Deficiency www.reach.org.uk

Royal National Institute for Deaf People www.rnid.org.uk

Royal Institute for the Blind www.rnib.org.uk

Scope www.scope.org.uk

SENSE - National Deaf/Blind and Rubella Association www.sense.org.uk

Young Minds www.youngminds.org.uk

 

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