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Accommodation of Students under Eighteen by Further Education Colleges. National Minimum Standards. Inspection Regulations. London: Department of Health, 2002. 0113225423.
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Education Reform Act 1988: Chapter 40. London: HMSO, 1988. 0105440884.
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Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001. London: Stationery Office, 2001. 0110388887. (SI 2001/3455)
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from DfES Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley,
Nottingham, NG15 0DJ; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603 3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com; website: www.dfes.gov.uk
Further and Higher Education Act 1992: Chapter 13. London: HMSO, 1992. 0105413925.
Improving Behaviour and Attendance: Guidance on Exclusion from Schools and Pupil Referral Units. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2004. (Ref: DfES/0354/2004).
Available
from DfES Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley,
Nottingham, NG15 0DJ; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603 3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com. You can also look at this publication on the website:
www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/exclusion/guidance/
Inclusive Schooling (Children with Special Educational Needs). London: Department for Education and Skills, 2001. (Ref: DfES/0774/2001).
Available
from DfES Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley,
Nottingham, NG15 0DJ; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603 3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com; website: www.dfes.gov.uk
Learning and Skills Act 2000: Chapter 12. London: Stationery Office, 2000. 0105421006.
Residential Special Schools. National Minimum Standards. Inspection Regulations. London: Department of Health, 2002. 011322544X.
School Standards and Framework Act 1998: Chapter 31. London: Stationery Office, 1998. 0105431982.
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001: Chapter 10. London: Stationery Office, 2001. 0105410012.
Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2001. 1841855294. (Ref: DfES/0581/2001)
Copies
available from: DfES Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park,
Annesley, Nottinghamshire, NG15 0DJ; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603
3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com; website: www.dfes.gov.uk
Special Educational Needs (Provision of Information by Local Education Authorities) (England) Regulations 2001. London: Stationery Office, 2001. 0110296680. (SI 2001/2218)
Special Educational Needs Tribunal Regulations 2001. London: Stationery Office, 2001. 0110288920. (SI 2001/600)
Accessing speech and language therapy for your child: a guide to the law. London: AFASIC, 2002.
Available from AFASIC, 2nd Floor, 50-52 Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DJ; tel: 020 7490 9410; fax: 020 7251 2834; email: info@afasic.org.uk; website: www.afasic.org.uk
Assessments and statements: CSIE summary of Part 4 of the
Education Act 1996 as amended by Part 1 of the Special Educational
Needs and Disability Act 2001. Bristol: Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, 2002.
Available
from CSIE, New Redland, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol,
BS16 1QU; tel: 0117 328 4007; fax: 0117 328 4005; website: http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/ukedlaw.htm
Autistic spectrum disorders: good practice guidance. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2002. (Ref: DfES/597/2002/REV)
Copies
available from: DfES Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park,
Annesley, Nottinghamshire, NG15 0DJ; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603
3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com; website: www.dfes.gov.uk
Excellence for all children - meeting special educational needs. London: Stationery Office, 1997. 0101378521.
Consultation
paper reviewing special educational needs for 20 years. Aims to ensure
the inclusion of children within mainstream schools, but also to ensure
a new role for special schools as centres of excellence.
Making a statement: the parents' guide to the statementing procedure. Manchester: Rathbone, 2004.
Available
from Rathbone, 4th Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street,
Manchester, M1 6EU; tel: 0800 917 6790; fax: 0161 238 6356;
email: info@rathboneuk.org; website: www.rathboneuk.org
Network 81 Parents' guide. Stansted: Network 81, 2001.
Available from Network 81, 1-7 Woodfield Terrace, Stansted, Essex, CM24 8AJ; tel: 0870 770 3306; fax: 0870 770 3263; email: network81@btconnect.com; website: www.network81.org
(First published as Statements: a handbook for parents in England & Wales)
Removing barriers to achievement: the Government's strategy for SEN. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2004. (Ref: DfES/0117/2004)
Available from: DfES Publications; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603 3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com. You can also look at this publication on the website: www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/5970/removing%20barriers.pdf
SENT ahead. Sally Cooper Woodbridge: IPSEA, 2002. 095377791X.
Available from: IPSEA, 6 Carlow Mews, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1EA; Parent Advice Line: 0800 018 4016
SEN Toolkit. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2001. 1841855316. (Ref: DfES/0558/2001)
Available from: DfES Publications; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603 3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com. You can also look at this publication on the website: www.dfes.gov.uk/sen
Setting targets for pupils with special educational needs. Office for Standards in Education, 2004.
Ofsted Publications Centre, tel: 07002 637833; fax: 07002 693274; email: freepublications@ofsted.gov.uk; website: www.ofsted.gov.uk; You can only look at this publication on the website: www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/docs/3578.pdf
Special education handbook: the law on children with special educational needs. 9th ed. London: Advisory Centre for Education, 2005. 1870672313.
Available from ACE, 1C Aberdeen Studios, 22 Highbury Grove, London, N5 2DQ; tel: 020 7354 8318; fax: 020 7354 9069; website:
www.ace-ed.org.uk
Special educational needs: a guide for parents and carers. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2001. 1841856444. (Ref: DfES/0800/2001)
Free copies available from DfES Publications Centre; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603 3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com. You can also look at this publication on the website: www.dfes.gov.uk/sen
Special educational needs England. London: Contact-a-Family, 2004.
Single
copies available free from Contact-a-Family, 209-211 City Road, London,
EC1V 1JN; tel: 0808 808 3555; fax: 020 7608 8701; email: info@cafamily.org.uk; website: www.cafamily.org.uk/educatio.html
Special educational needs: how to appeal. Powys: Special educational needs tribunal for Wales, 2003.
Available
from: SEN Tribunal for Wales, Unit 32, Ddole Road, Enterprise Park,
Llandridnod Wells, Powys, LD1 6PF; tel: 01597 829800; fax: 01597
829801; email: tribunalenquiries@wales.gsi.gov.uk; website: www.sentw.gov.uk
Special educational needs in England, January 2005. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2005.
Available
from: Department for Education and Skills, Sanctuary Buildings, Great
Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT; tel: 0870 000 2288; email: info@dfes.gsi.gov.uk; You can also look at this publication on the website: www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000584/SFR24-2005.pdf
Special educational needs tribunal: how to appeal. London: Department for Education and Skills, 2001. 1841854395. (Ref: TRI022)
Free copies available from DfES Publications Centre; tel: 0845 602 2260; fax: 0845 603 3360; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com
Special educational needs Wales. London: Contact-a-Family, 2004.
Single
copies available free from Contact-a-Family, 209-211 City Road, London,
EC1V 1JN; tel: 0808 808 3555; fax: 020 7608 8701; email: info@cafamily.org.uk; website: www.cafamily.org.uk/eduwales.html
Annual review. Advocacy for Education Service, The National Autistic Society, 2004.
Available free from the NAS Information Centre and also available on the NAS website: www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=303&a=6741
Educational jargon. Advocacy for Education Service, The National Autistic Society, 2004.
Available free from the NAS Information Centre and also available on the NAS website: www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=303&a=6740
Getting extra help in school. Advocacy for Education Service, The National Autistic Society, 2002.
Available free from the NAS Information Centre and also available on the NAS website: www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=303&a=3229
Hodgkin, R. The Education Act and excluded children. Children and Society, 11, 1997, pp.135-137.
Available from the NAS Information Centre
Individual Education Plan (IEP). Advocacy for Education Service, The National Autistic Society, 2005.
Available free from the NAS Information Centre and also available on the NAS website: www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=303&a=7000
Lee-Foster, A. Key issues in special educational needs and autistic spectrum disorders. The National Autistic Society, 2004.
Available free from the NAS Information Centre.
Statementing. Advocacy for Education Service, The National Autistic Society, 2004.
Available free from the NAS Information Centre and also available on the NAS website: www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=303&a=3230
Statutory assessment. Advocacy for Education Service, The National Autistic Society, 2003.
Available free from the NAS Information Centre and also available on the NAS website: www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=303&a=3232
Sutcliffe, J. The Further and Higher Education Act (1992) and adults with learning difficulties. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 22(3), 1994, pp. 82-84.
ACE (Advisory Centre for Education)
1C Aberdeen Studios, 22 Highbury Grove
London, N5 2DQ; Advice Line: 0808 800 5793 (2.00-5.00pm Monday-Friday); fax: 020 7354 9069; email: enquiries@ace.dialnet.com; website: www.ace-ed.org.uk
National independent education advice service.
Publishes a magazine, information sheets and handbooks.
Advocacy for Education Service
The National
Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London, EC1V 1NG; Educational Advice
Line: 0845 070 4002 (press option 1); Tribunal Support Scheme: 0845 070
4002 (press option 2); email: advocacy@nas.org.uk; website: www.autism.org.uk
Advice on special educational needs for parents whose children have autism or Asperger syndrome.
CSIE (Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education)
New Redland, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QU; tel: 0117 328 4007; fax: 0117 328 4005; website: http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/csiehome.htm
Publishes a range of leaflets and reports; runs a free advice service; organises courses and conferences.
Childrens Legal Centre
The University of
Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ; National Education
Line: 0845 345 4345; Education Law Advice Line: 0845 456 6811; tel:
01206 872466; fax: 01206 874026; email: clc@essex.ac.uk; website: www.childrenslegalcentre.com
Advice service on all aspects of law and policies, which affect children and young people.
Citizens Advice
Myddelton House, 115-123 Pentonville Road
London, N1 9LZ; tel: 020 7833 2181; fax: 020 7833 4371; website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk and www.adviceguide.org.uk
Citizens
Advices head office will provide details of local Citizens Advice which
offer information and advice on a wide range of subjects. Citizens
Advice also have access to specialist legal advisers and they will
always be able to put you in touch with local contacts of self-help
groups and voluntary organisations.
Council for Disabled Children
c/o National Childrens Bureau, 8 Wakley Street, London, EC1V 7QE; tel: 020 7843 1900; fax: 020 7843 6313; email: cdc@ncb.org.uk; website: www.ncb.org.uk/cdc
Established under the aegis of the National Childrens Bureau. Publishes a wide range of lists, fact sheets etc on special educational needs.
IPSEA (Independent Panel for Special Education Advice)
6 Carlow Mews, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1EA
Parent Advice Line: 0800 018 4016; website: www.ipsea.org.uk
Aims to provide parents with expert second opinions and independent advice on the special educational needs of their children. Also runs a free representation service to support parents who want to appeal to the new Special Educational Needs Tribunal.
ISCis (Independent Schools Council information service) (London and South East Region)
Grosvenor Garden House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0BS; tel: 0870 343 5363; fax: 020 7798 1561; email: southeast@iscislse.co.uk; website: www.iscislse.co.uk
Provides information, help and advice to parents choosing an independent school. There are six other regional offices around the UK.
Law Society
113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL; tel: 020 7242 1222; fax: 020 7831 0344; email: info.services@lawsociety.org.uk; website: www.lawsociety.org.uk
Publishes lists of solicitors who do legal aid work and provides information on other sources of legal advice.
Mencap (Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children & Adults)
123
Golden Lane, London, EC1Y ORT; tel: 020 7454 0454; Helpline: 0808 808
1111 (10.00am-4.00pm, Monday-Friday); fax: 020 7696 5540; email: information@mencap.org.uk; website: www.mencap.org.uk
National organisation for children and adults with learning disabilities. Local branches across the country.
Rathbone
Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6EU; tel: 0161 236 5358; Helpline: 0800 917 6790; fax: 0161 238 6356; email: info@rathboneuk.org; website: www.rathbonetraining.co.uk
Produces a range of leaflets on special educational needs and runs a national information line providing impartial, free and confidential advice to anyone caring for or working with children and adults with special needs.
SKILL (National Bureau for Students with Disabilities)
Chapter
House, 18-20 Crucifix Lane, London, SE1 3JW; Information Service: 0800
328 5050 (11.30am-1.30pm Tuesday, 1.30-3.30pm Thursday); fax: 020 7450
0650; email: info@skill.org.uk; website: www.skill.org.uk
Information and advice on education, training, support services etc. for young people aged sixteen and over.
The Treehouse Trust
Woodside Avenue, London, N10 3JA; tel: 020 8815 5441; fax: 020 8815 5420; email: info@treehouse.org.uk; website: www.treehouse.org.uk
The Treehouse Trust (Treehouse) is a London-based UK charity, established in 1997 to provide an educational Centre of Excellence for people with autism. It was set up by parents whose children had been diagnosed with autism.
Network 81
1-7 Woodfield Terrace, Stansted,
Essex, CM24 8AJ; Helpline: 0870 770 3306 (10.00-2.00pm, Monday-Friday);
fax: 0870 770 3263; email: network81@tesco.net; website: www.network81.co.uk
A national network of parents of children with special educational needs. Provides a helpline service and produces a range of literature.
Pi (Parents for Inclusion)
Unit 2, 70 South
Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RL; Helpline: 0800 652 3145 (10.00am-12.00pm
and 1.00-3.00pm, Tuesday and Wednesday); email: info@parentsforinclusion.org; website: www.parentsforinclusion.org
Pi is for all parents of children with special needs in the UK. It organises courses, conferences and training events and, where appropriate, will provide individual family support. This may include accompanying parents on school visits or supporting them at appeals etc. Pi will also help in the setting up of local support groups, and is involved in campaigning for equal rights for people with disabilities.
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street,
London, SW1P 3BT; tel: 0870 000 2288;
email: info@dfes.gsi.gov.uk; website: www.dfes.gov.uk
Welsh Office
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1NA; tel: 02920 825111; website: www.wales.gov.uk
Most of these guides/handbooks do not cover law on children with special educational needs in Scotland or Northern Ireland, although they may contain useful information and ideas for parents. A separate factsheet is available covering Education Legislation in Scotland. Please contact the Information Centre for details.
Enquiries about Scottish education legislation can also be made
to: The Scottish Executive Education Department, Victoria Quay,
Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ; tel: 0131 556 8400; fax: 0131 244 8240; email: ceu@scotland.gov.uk; website: www.scotland.gov.uk
Or
Enquire
Scotland, Children in Scotland, 5 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4RG;
helpline: 0845 123 2303; fax: 0131 228 9852; email: enquire@childreninscotland.org.uk; website: www.childreninscotland.org.uk/html/hom_enqu.htm
For enquiries on Northern Ireland education legislation contact:
Northern Ireland Office, Department of Education, Special Education
Branch, Rathgael House, 43 Balloo Road, Bangor, County Down, BT19 7PR;
tel: 028 9127 9279; fax: 028 9127 9100; email: deni@nics.gov.uk; website: www.deni.gov.uk
Or
Public
Information Office, Northern Ireland Assembly, Parliament Buildings,
Belfast, BT4 3XX; tel: 028 9052 1137; fax: 028 9052 1961;
email: info.office@niassembly.gov.uk; website: www.niassembly.gov.uk
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Tel: + 44 (0)20 7903 3599 or +44 (0)845 070 4004
Please note that inclusion on this list does not imply an NAS recommendation. Some of these titles are out-of-print but loan copies should be available through your local public/college library network.
The NAS Information Centre produces fact sheets on a wide variety of topics and can provide customised reference lists in response to individual requests. The lists are extracted from our database, Autism Data, which contains over 17,000 books and articles from the autism field This service is particularly useful for those wanting to research a specific subject thoroughly.
Autism Data, the NAS database of books, articles and multimedia on autism, is available to search on the NAS website at www.autism.org.uk/autismdata
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