School Phobia / School Refusal Australia, is a closed peer support group on Facebook for parents & carers who have a school aged child (5 - 18 years old) who is experiencing "School Refusal Behaviour". This is a peer support group run by parents and carers whose own children and adolescents currently are, or have in the past, experienced school refusal behaviour in Australian mainstream primary and secondary schools.
The Australia Group and website have a range of resources that can be accessed.
The International Network for School Attendance (INSA) promotes school attendance and responds to school attendance problems.
Check for organizations, activities, and resources that are unique to your country (countries are arranged alphabetically). As the International Network for School Attendance grows, materials and countries will be added to the My Country pages.
Homeschooling and Unschooling in Australia.
A website full of resources, information and advice by Beverley Paine.
Reach is Enquire’s service for young people.
My Rights, My Say is a partnership between Enquire (including Reach), Children in Scotland, Partners in Advocacy and Cairn Legal. They can help you talk to your school or sort out a disagreement with them.
Information Services Division (ISD) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have merged publications on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce, waiting times and activity data in order to provide a fuller picture of CAMHS in Scotland. The joint publication was first published in June 2018.
The SCSC is committed to improving mental health services for children and young people. We aim to achieve this through campaigning for the increased provision of a wide range of high-quality, well-resourced and quickly accessible services.
Mental health problems include depression, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, ADHD and self-harm.
The Autism Toolbox is a resource to support the inclusion of children and young people with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream education services in Scotland. As well as introducing and describing some of the more common challenges a pupil with autism might face, it provides real life case studies from Scottish schools and practical examples of supports that you can translate and use in your own school setting. It also signposts you to other websites you may find useful.
Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) supports families by making sure children and young people can receive the right help, at the right time, from the right people. The aim is to help them to grow up feeling loved, safe and respected so that they can realise their full potential.
Most children and young people get all the help and support they need from their parent(s), wider family and community but sometimes, perhaps unexpectedly, they may need a bit of extra help.
GIRFEC is a way for families to work in partnership with people who can support them, such as teachers, doctors and nurses.
Information about education in Scotland and individual schools.
SIgn up for a newsletter.
The Hub provides information and support that enables practitioners to improve their practice and increase the quality of learners’ experiences and outcomes. It provides access to: self-evaluation and improvement frameworks, research, teaching and assessment resources, exemplars of practice and support for on-line collaboration and networks through Glow.
Glow allows teachers and students to collaborate on documents online, meaning that groups can work together on shared or similar projects. Common spaces are available for gathering and storing information from a number of students, and teachers can collect, review and give feedback online.
Home educating in Scotland.
Advice, information and resources
The Donaldson Trust supports children and young people through its Learning Centre and #JunX10n support service, encouraging each individual to realise their potential. In addition, the Trust’s Connect service works in partnership with individuals, organisations and businesses to increase the understanding of neurodiversity and improve the experiences of neurodivergent people. The Donaldson Trust prides itself on its person-centred approach and expertise recognising the importance of tailored, flexible support services to neurodivergent individuals to truly meet their needs.
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SNAP Cymru is a national charity, unique to Wales, founded in 1986. Its main aim is to advance the education of people in Wales and support their inclusion.
SNAP Cymru offers free and independent information, advice and support to help get the right education for children and young people with all kinds of special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. We give advice and support on a range of issues including assessments, statements of special educational needs, bullying, school attendance, exclusion, health and social care provision and discrimination.
We also provide advocacy, disagreement resolution and training for young people, parents and professionals.
Children in Wales is the national umbrella body for organisations and individuals who work with children, young people and their families in Wales.Together we:
School attendance codes: guidance
The codes that schools must use when recording attendance information.
School exclusion: guidance for pupils
Explains when you can be excluded and what will happen if you are.
Inclusion and pupil support: guidance for schools and local authorities
Guidance on providing inclusive education and developing school attendance and behaviour policies.
Department for Education & Skills
The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs arising from disabilities with particular emphasis on children. The Council was first established as an independent statutory body by order of the Minister for Education and Science in December 2003.
Our local service is delivered through our national network of Special Educational Needs Organisers (SENOs) who interact with parents and schools and liaise with the HSE in providing resources to support children with special educational needs.
NEPS stands for the National Educational Psychological Service. NEPS psychologists specialise in working with the school community. We work with both primary and post-primary schools. We are concerned with learning, behaviour, social and emotional development. Each psychologist is assigned to a group of schools.
We work in partnership with teachers, parents and children in identifying educational needs. We offer a range of services aimed at meeting these needs, for example, supporting individual students (through consultation and assessment), special projects and research.
The purpose of this Home Tuition Scheme is to provide a compensatory educational service for children who, for a number of reasons such as chronic illness, are unable to attend school. The scheme also provides a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement. Provision is also made for early educational intervention for children with autism.
The Child and Family Agency was established on the 1st January 2014 and is now the dedicated State agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. It represents the most comprehensive reform of child protection, early intervention and family support services ever undertaken in Ireland.
The Special Educational Needs Advice Centre (SENAC) is a regional charity set up in 2003. We provide confidential, independent advice and advocacy on behalf of children and young people with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN) attending schools in Northern Ireland up to the age of 19 years.
We offer free, confidential, independent advice and information to parents and carers on all aspects of the statutory framework of SEN provision in Northern Ireland.
Education Other Than At School
Alternative Education Provision
Elective Home Education
Education Support
Information about the legal aspects of school attendance and absence
The Education Welfare Service (EWS) is a specialist education support service which seeks to help young people and their families get the best out of the education system.
We work in partnership with the young people, their families, the schools, other education services as well as statutory and voluntary agencies.
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