Brent Children & Families Information Service

Brent Children & Families Information Service

Chesterfield House, 9 Park Lane, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 7RH

Special Needs

0 to 5 years old

www.brent.gov.uk/childcare

This list is updated regularly

Call Brent CFIS on 020 8937 3001 for up to date information

Open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

How can I help my child who has special educational needs?

• Children with special educational needs (SEN) have learning difficulties or other disabilities that make learning harder for them than it is for most children the same age.

• Children with SEN could have difficulties with all the work in school; reading, writing, number work, understanding information, expressing themselves, understanding what others are saying, making friends or relating to adults.

• Help for children with SEN will usually be in the child’s ordinary, mainstream early education setting or school.

• Every child makes progress at a different rate and has different ways in which they learn best.

• You should be consulted about all the decisions that affect your child. If you have concerns or worries, you should share them with your child’s teacher or any other professional working with your child.

• If your child is not yet in school or not yet going to a nursery or pre-school, you can talk to your doctor or health visitor who will be able to give you advice.

• If your child is at school or in an early education setting and you think they might have a special need that has not been identified, you should talk to their class teacher or head teacher straightaway

What can you do as a parent?

Your child’s early years are very important for their all-round development. When your health visitor or doctor makes a routine check, they might suggest that there could be a problem. But if you have any worries of your own, you should get advice straightaway.

If your child is at school or in an early education setting and you think they might have a special need that has not been identified by the school or pre-school, you should talk to your child’s class teacher or head teacher straightaway. You could also talk to the SENCO. This is the person responsible for co-ordinating help for children with special educational needs.

Learning Difficulties

If you are concerned that your child may have learning difficulties, you should first talk to your child’s teacher, tell them your concerns and listen to their opinion. In most cases, this will be enough to put your mind at rest. However, if you feel your child requires further help, you can request a statutory assessment of your child’s needs which is managed by the Special Educational Needs and Assessment Service (SENAS). If you have concerns about your child, give the friendly and helpful staff at SENAS a call.

Contact: SENAS

Address: Chesterfield House, 9 Park Lane, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 7RW.

Tel: 020 8937 3229

Email:

Website: www.brent.gov.uk (type SEN in the search box)

The Brent Parent-Partnership Service is for all parents/carers of children who have, or may have special educational needs (SEN). Can help you to choose a nursery or a school for your child and give advice if you feel your child needs more support at school because they are not progressing well. We can also help you if you want to apply for a statutory assessment, if you need help with understanding how the assessment process works or any other query about your child’s special educational needs or disability.

The Parent Partnership Service can provide support by attending meetings with you, by helping you write reports and letters and linking you to local support groups.

Contact: Brent Parent Partnership Service

Address: Chesterfield House, 9 Park Lane, Wembley, HA9 7RW

Tel: 020 8937 3434

Email:

Website: www.brent.gov.uk (type parent partnership in the search box)

Carer’s assessment

If you are looking after a disabled child or adult, you are entitled to a ‘Carer’s Assessment’ from Social Services. Depending on local policy, this may or may not be done at the same time by the person who assesses your son or daughter. The assessment is a chance to discuss what help you can get. You can refer yourself to Social Services for a Carer’s Assessment. Social Services can be contacted through your council offices or via their website. You can be assessed as a carer even if the disabled person you care for does not wish to be assessed.

You can get more information about Carer’s Assessments from Carers UK, www.carersuk.org.

Common Assessment Framework – CAF for short This is a form that you fill in with your health visitor, a family support worker, a parent support adviser or an early intervention practitioner. It allows you to go through any problems facing you and your family and find out if there is extra support that you may be able to get from social services or other services. If, for example, you have difficulties managing your children’s behaviour, you think special needs may be involved, you are having problems with health, housing or education that are affecting your family’s ability to cope, a CAF can help to find solutions. It always helps to talk and the CAF helps to make sure that the right questions are asked.

Who? / Health visitor / Family support worker / Parent support advisor / Early intervention practitioner
Where? / Health centre / Children’s centre / School / Locality teams
020 8937 2492

Help with costs

www.gov.uk :

· Disability Living Allowance

· Disabled child element of child Tax Credit

· Carers Allowance

· Attendance Allowance

· Employment and Support Allowance

· www.familyfund.org.uk

· Disable Facilities Grant

Hmrc.gov.uk:

· Maternity & Child Benefit and Tax Credits

Nursery Education Grant for 3 and 4 year olds for 15 hours up to 38 weeks per year. Free nursery education is available for three and four year olds usually from the term after the third birthday who attend Brent day care settings that are part of the NEG scheme. Participating nurseries are shown on this list. Some nurseries may charge for extra hours. For further information on claiming please contact Brent Children’s Information Service on 020 8937 3001. www.brent.gov.uk/childcare

Nursery Education Grant for 2

Some families with a child aged 2 are eligible for 15 hours free nursery education grant. Criteria such as being on Income Support, Job Seeker Allowance, An income related employment and support allowance, Child Tax Credit and have an annual income that does not exceed £16,190.00 as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (TC 602 Final Award Notice- 2012/2013) Please note you are not eligible if you are in receipt of Working Tax Credit or Child is in care or looked after, SEN is considered. For further information on NEG 2 please contact Brent Children’s And Families Information Service on 0208 937 3010. www.brent.gov.uk/childcare

0 to 5 Activities

Special Needs Evenings
Partyman World Wembley
Vale Farm
Watford Road
Middlesex HA0 3HG / On the first Wednesday evening of every month, activities for children with special needs. Activities include indoor and outdoor play, climbing frame, bouncy castle and beach area. Cost for under 4 year olds - £3.00 and 4 years and over - £5.00. Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm Website: www.partymanworld.co.uk Tel: 020 8904 – 9044
Parent & Toddlers In Brent area
Please contact CFIS for list on 3001 or www.brent.gov.uk/childcare / Please contact CFIS for list on Tel: 0208 937 3001 www.brent.gov.uk/childcare
1 Voice Community Parent & Toddlers
Special needs children’s Play group
Barham Park Children’s Centre, Barham Park (Black Gates entrance), Harrow Road, Sudbury HA0 2HB / Every Tuesday from 10am to 2pm 0 to 14 years
Stay and play
Tel: Alpana Tel: 07909 122422
Judy Tel: 07972 253339

Down syndrome football sessions

Woodfrield School, Glenwood Avenue,
kingsbury NW9 7LY / 5 to 6pm QPR Tiger Cubs is a free, open football session for people of all ages with Down syndrome.
Tel: 0208 740 2585 / 07815 670 806
Special Need The Village School
Grove Park, Kingsbury, London, NW9 0JY / Playscheme 3 to 19 year old
Only for the school children Tel: 020 8204 5396
Alperton Children’s Centre
Tel:020 8937 3860
Church Lane Children’s Centre
Tel:020 8937 3890
Curzon Crescent Children’s
Tel:020 8208 5950
Fawood Children’s Centre
Tel:020 8965 9334
Granville Plus Children's Centre
Tel:020 8937 6580
Harmony Children’s Centre
Tel:020 8459 9571
Hope Children’s Centre
Tel:020 8937 6490
Mount Stewart Children Centre
Tel:0208 907 5113
Preston Park Children’s Centre
Tel: 07772 563514
St. Raphael’s Children’s Centre
Tel: 020 8937 3620
Three Trees Children’s Centre
Tel: 020 8459 4385
The Welcome Children’s Centre
Tel: 020 8903 9541
The Willow Children’s Centre
Tel: 0208 937 6560
Treetops Children’s Centre
Tel :020 8838 3901
Wembley Children’s Centre
Tel: 020 8901 9890
Wykeham Primary Children C
Tel: 020 8937 5960 / 00 to 5 years old Activities at children’s centres
Health eating support
Baby club
Baby massage
Breastfeeding Support
Drop in sessions (stay and play)
Speech and language support
Support for parents
Counselling Support
Special needs with 1 voice
Toy library
Citizens Advice Bureau
Learning Sessions
Home library and outreach services
Ealing Library
Tel: 0208 937 3560
Harlesden Library
Tel: 0208 937 3570
Kilburn Library
Tel: 0208 937 3530
Kingsbury Library
Tel: 0208 937 3250
Town Hall
Tel: 0208 937 3500
Willesden Green Library Centre Tel: 0208 937 3400 / If you live in Brent and love to read but find it difficult to get to the library, the Brent Libraries at Home service can help. (special need)
Brent Play Association
Ground Floor, Peppermint Heights, Northwick Road Alperton, HAO 1LG / Playscheme
For further details please call Neil Preshaw on below number Special needs and disabilities.
Tel: 020 8998 9986
Manor Primary School
Chamberlayne Road NW10 3NT
Ofsted report: 17/05/10 Result: Satisfactory / After School Club
Special needs, Only for children attending school
Ofsted report: 17/05/10 Result: Satisfactory
Tel: 020 8968 3075

Willesden Sportsability Club

Willesden Sports Centre, Donnington Road, Willesden, NW10 3QX / Saturdays 2pm to 4pm Sports ability gives young people with any disability - whether it be a learning, physical, visual or a hearing disability - the chance to play up to three sports. Sports on offer include athletics, basketball, boccia, cricket, football, goal ball, new age knurling, polybat, racket ball, table cricket, table tennis, tennis, tri-golf and zone hockey.
Tel:020 8937 3707

Sports activities

Bridge Park Community Leisure Centre
Charteris Sport Centre, NW6 7ET
Vale Farm Sports Centre
Willesden Sport Centre / Tel: 0208 937 3730
Tel: 0208 937 3644
Tel; 0208 908 6545
Tel:0208 955 1120

Vale Farm

Sport Centre / Swimming lessons with learning disabilities and special needs.
Tel: 0208 908 6545

Special Yoga Centre

2a Wrentham Avenue NW10 3HA / Yoga for children, mums and babies; ante and postnatal; families and adults. Workshops, yoga therapy and special needs one to one yoga sessions. Concessions available.
Tel:0208 968 1900 www.specialyoga.org.uk

Childminders

Gadhvana, Mohini
Priory Gardens
Latest Ofsted report: 18/05/2009 Result: Good
Registered for Nursery Education Grant (NEG) free 15 hours Pick and drop from Byron Court & Sudbury School NVQ level 3 Qualified. Opening from 7am to 8pm. Experience of working with a child with complex needs.
Tel: 020 8904 0467
Kotecha, Bhavani
Priory Gardens HA0 2QG
Latest Ofsted report: 30/11/2011, Result: Good. Experience of working with an autistic child
Tel: 020 8904 6166
Abeyesekera, Susannah Ridley Road, NW10
Latest Ofsted report:22/04/2010 Result: Good. Experience of working in a disabled school
Tel: 020 8965 4301/07979 770660
Briscoe, Dorette
Gibbons Road, NW10
Latest Ofsted report 04/12/2009 Result: Good
Qualifications: Cert. For specialist teaching assistant (STA) CLANSA, Makaton.
Has attended autism training. Experience with Downs Syndrome and Autistic Children. Wheelchair access
Tel: 020 8451 3949
O’Hara, Mary
Fortunegate Road. Latest Ofsted report: 11/05/2009 Result: Good
AM & PM service for St Josephs & Leopold Schools, PM service for Curzon Crescent Children’s Centre
Experience of caring for an older child with a physical disability and learning delay; experience of working with an autistic child. Tel: 020 8965 8655
Ahmad, Shaheena
Kenton Road, Kenton HA3 Latest Ofsted report 18/05/2012 Result: Outstanding
Registered for Nursery Education Grant (NEG) free 15 Languages spoken Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and English.
Experience of working with children in the autistic spectrum. SENCO level 1. Makaton 1 & 2
Tel: 020 8907 4337
Vara, Shyama Greenway, HA3
Latest Ofsted report 20/3/09 Result: Good
7.30am to 6pm. Service for Mount Stewart and Uxendon Manor Schools
Experience of working with children with developmental delay; training on supporting language envelopment
Tel: 020 8204 4878
Leonard, Kathleen
Buxton Road, Willesden, NW2 5BJ
Latest Ofsted report: 10/11/2011 Results: Outstanding
Registered for Nursery Education Grant (NEG) free 15 hours. Experience of caring for a child with Cerebral Palsy; training Makaton , speech and language development and working with children with SEN.
Tel: 020 8930 2595
Palmer, Elaine
Latest Ofsted report: 10/11/2011 Results: Outstanding
Registered for Nursery Education Grant (NEG) free 15 hours. Makaton, and autism training
Tel: 020 8930 2595
Leonce, Sarah / Paul Leonce
Leigh Gardens, NW10
Latest Ofsted report 09/03/2011 Result: Outstanding
Registered for Nursery Education Grant (NEG) free 15 hours Husband and wife team,. Experience of working with Williams Syndrome, cochlea implant, of autism and liver disease.
Tel: 020 8969 9721
Isliker, Nana Honeypot Lane
Latest Ofsted report: 22/10/08 Result: Good
Registered for Nursery Education Grant (NEG) free 15 hours. AM & PM service for Roe Green school EpiPen trained Tel: 07958 165122
Morar, Wioletta
Oakington Manor Drive
Latest Ofsted report: 18/03/2009 Result: Good
Registered for Nursery Education Grant (NEG) free 15 hours Collects from Ark, Park Lane, St Josephs, Oakington Manor. Supports children with different languages. Disabled service. SENCO level 1 &2 Makaton, EpiPen trained Speaks French, Polish, Romanian and English. Tel: 07852 102850
Raja, Najma
Latest Ofsted report: 22/04/09 Result: Good
Collects from Park Lane, Wembley Primary and Buxlow Schools. Speacila need Makaton
Tel: 020 8903 6070 / 07500 117951
Macpherson, Jamuna
Dagmar Avenue, HA9
Latest Ofsted report 13/01/09 Result: Good
CACHE level 3 qualification. Overnight care service provided, Autistic Spectrum training, Makaton
Tel: 020 8903 0997/ 07939 415680
Smith, Lena Smillie, Julie-Anne
Manor Drive, HA9
Latest Ofsted report 29/09/09. Bussette, Rachel
Ofsted report 6/8/08: Results: Outstanding
Team of three childminders work with assistants.
Disabled service provided. Offers NEG 15 hours
Tel: 020 8900 2641
Mary Jo English Wyld Way HA9
Latest Ofsted report 17/03/2011 Result: Good
Collects from St Josephs RC School, Wembley. Registered for overnight care.
Tel: 020 8902 8778
Yasin Rifhat Wembley Way
Latest Ofsted report: 26/11/10 Result: Good
Experience of working with children with haemophilia and severe allergies, Epi-pen trained, experience of working with children with special needs
Tel: 020 8902 3041/07903 871545

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