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Land and Leaf Collective creates inclusive Forest School communities that connect people with nature and each other. They provide hands-on outdoor learning to inspire curiosity, resilience, and environmental stewardship. They offer high-quality, free, and inclusive Forest School programs in Lincolnshire, accessible to all and tailored to diverse needs.

Their Inclusive Forest School sessions enable participants to experience the therapeutic benefits of nature through play, exploration, and creativity.
Their programmes foster resilience, mindfulness, and positive social connections, particularly valuable for participants with SEND, Autism, or SEMH challenges.

Lincolnshire County Council's Children with Disabilities Team are part of the Special Education Need and Disability Service.

The social work team provides a statutory service for children and young people with a severe and profound disability.

Services may be available to those that are eligible after being subject of a social care assessment.

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We are Children's Health and we consist of a team of Health Visitors and CYPN'S (Children and Young people's nurses).

We support parents in inclusion by working with SENCO'S, ESCO'S and providing continence products.

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Children's Centres offer child and family health services, and advice and information for families. They provide stay and play sessions to support children's development, including groups specifically for Early Years children with SEND. Some centres have bookable sensory rooms which can be accessed on a 1:1 basis for parent/carers and children.

In addition, Children's Centres can provide adult learning and volunteering opportunities, and support for parents on a wide range of issues, including the delivery of parenting programmes.

Children's Centre Skills Development Officer
Offers friendly and personalised information, to identify skills gaps and support parents to enter into learning, volunteering, apprenticeships and employment.

Also provides individual support by tailoring a personal development plan for individual parents/carers, identifying next steps and supporting them to achieve their goals.

Dyslexia Outreach is a county-wide service provided by Lincolnshire County Council. The team consists of two specialist teachers who have a wealth of expert knowledge and experience in teaching and supporting students with Dyslexia and literacy/maths difficulties, across the Primary and Secondary phases and beyond.

Dyslexia Outreach offer support, advice and training within schools. They also work closely with parents, supporting and advising through helpline and email contact, this is a free service for parents.

Reassurance and advice can be offered to help develop understanding of literacy and learning difficulties. This includes how to support to children to develop literacy and learning skills through home strategies, transition advice, signposting to other services and available resources

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Early Years Specialist Teachers based in localities provide ongoing support for Childminders, Nurseries and Pre Schools /EY SENCOs who have children with SEND.

Early Years SENCOs can also request support via the Early Years and Childcare website.

Early Years and Childcare support deliver a range of training opportunities such as networks and SENCO training for Early Years Providers to ensure that they meet the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice.

Early Years Specialist Teachers also target their support for Children who are looked after, Vulnerable children on a plan who are behind age related attainment, Children at risk of exclusion, Transition support.

Early Years Specialist teachers are based under the Early Help Locality Teams so can link with Health and Social care.

Dingleys Promise
Using their experience of working with SEND children over the last 40 years, Dingley’s Promise have created training and resources to enhance skills, improve confidence and inspire, to cultivate an inclusive environment for all children. The training is designed for everyone and has supported thousands to enhance their ability to include and support children with SEND. Each course has been designed to enable flexible remote learning and includes webinars and resources.

“Dingley’s Promise Training is a very useful tool, It was easy to follow and understand and the short quizzes really helped "

During the session participants will discover how to access the training for free, and be given an overview of each module and the resources included.

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ESCO is committed to improving the delivery of services for children and young people aged 0 - 18 years with significant and complex additional needs who require targeted coordination of services.

This can include:

• Children who have a greater difficulty communicating
• Have sensory or physical difficulties
• Complex health needs including those with a disability
• Babies leaving hospital with medical and other support needs
• Children with life-limiting conditions and palliative care
• Children with multiple and significant factors affecting their learning and development.

All need additional support during much of their daily lives and it is probable that there will be a long term impact on their development and learning.

ESCO keyworkers also offer support through drop-in appointments.
These provide the opportunity for parents/carers to meet with an ESCO Keyworker to discuss the available information, services and support in Lincolnshire.

ESCO offers a bookable one hour session by phone.
Parents/Carers can book an appointment directly with Lincolnshire's Customer Service Centre on:
01522 782 111

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Is one-to-one training designed to equip young people who are entitled by Lincolnshire County Council to home to school or college transport with the confidence and skills required to travel independently.

ITT is facilitated by Independent Travel Trainers who will work closely with school/college staff, parents, carers and the trainees.

Anyone who is entitled to free home to school transport or Post 16 supported home to school/college transport is able to apply for Independent Travel Training.

The Local Offer is part of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) reforms from the Children and Families Act 2014 and is detailed in the Code of Practice for SEND 2015..

There are two main purposes for the Local Offer:

• To improve information about services and provision available for families, children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and to make it easier for all families to find this information by making it available in one place.


• That by working directly with families, children and young people on developing the Local Offer, Local Authorities and Health partners can improve provision.
  Lincolnshire's Local Offer includes leisure and activity providers, health and care services, education providers and support groups.

The Local Offer, as with the rest of the Family Services Directory, is provided to help you find services more easily.

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Portage is a scheme for teaching pre-school children with special educational needs, new and useful skills in their own homes. The basis of Portage is weekly home visiting, with the Portage worker and the parents/carers working together.

The Portage Home Visitor works with parents in their home because young children initially learn best in the security of their own home with the people who know them. The Portage Home Visitor visits the family at home weekly or fortnightly and plans activities with the parents/carers.
Every activity is written down, as is every success. Each child’s progress is reviewed at least every three months and the need for ongoing Portage is discussed.

Portage is a home visiting educational service for pre-school children with special educational needs. These may be pre-school children who have learning difficulties, delays in their development and/or physical difficulties. The Portage Teams aim to help families by working with them in their home, helping them to meet the needs of their child.

Children can be referred from birth by parents/carers or any agency involved with the child such as health visitors, general practitioners, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, educational psychologists, physiotherapists, paediatricians etc.
Each area has its own portage team.

The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Team at Lincolnshire County Council has embarked on an Employment project.

The project is aimed at embedding an employment pathway into our special school's existing Post-16 curriculum offer, which significantly increases young people's chances of obtaining paid employment upon leaving education.

The project aims to create opportunities; not only for our young people to enter the world of work but also for local businesses to develop and grow themselves in breaking down barriers associated with disability. They are working with schools to develop realistic and aspirational pathways for our young people to follow as they prepare for adulthood.

In addition, a SEND Employers Forum has also been created to develop a support network for employers, educators and other key stakeholders to benefit young people with additional needs across the county. The Forum is an opportunity to discuss and overcome challenges, explore new and innovative ways of working, drawing upon the skills and expertise around the table to promote and increase Supported Internships across Lincolnshire.

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The SEND Team have experience with supporting families, children/young people with a varying degree of SEND that have required support and intervention above that which can be provided in an educational setting.

The SEND team are co-ordinating and aspirational programme to improve SEND provision through the "SEND Transformation in Lincolnshire" agenda.

Also new is the development of the "Valuing SEND Toolkit" which seeks to support clearer identification of SEND needs to map against what various provisions can provide.

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This service is delivered by teachers who have specialist qualification in the education of sensory impaired children and young people.

Experts include teaching assistants working with those with sensory impairment and an educational mobility officer for visually impaired children and young people.

The team is involved from an early stage soon after birth and through the learning journey to independent adulthood.

The team work alongside parents to support the development of their child, then with settings and schools to ensure the child or young person can access the full educational curriculum.

Individual support or advice is available to all children and young people with diagnosed sensory impairment.

Bespoke training is given to schools and settings with children and young people with sensory impairments

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ECLIPS are part of Lincolnshire County Council's Specialist Teaching Team, they specialise in supporting children and young adults with speech and language difficulties.

They work closely with parents/carers, schools/colleges and other professional agencies such as the NHS Speech and Language Therapy service.

They are keen to promote Makaton training and support options for families and educators. Makaton is an internationally recognised language development programme that supports a multi-modal approach to teaching communication, language and literacy skills.

It can be used to support a wide range of communication and language needs from individuals with profound, moderate or mild learning difficulties, individuals with Developmental Language Disorder, individuals with no or developing speech, individuals with autistic spectrum disorders or sensory impairments to individuals with EAL.

The Dyslexia Outreach specialist teachers are also part of LCC's Specialist Teaching Team and offer advice and support for individuals with Dyslexia.

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The Lincolnshire Young Carers Service supports young carers up to the age of 19.

Young Carers may be helping and supporting a family member or friend due to disability, mental ill-health, illness or substance misuse.

A young carer may be providing support with:

• Cooking, housework and shopping
• Physical care, such as helping someone in and out of bed
• Personal care, such as assistance with dressing, toileting and administering medication
• Collecting prescriptions and arranging GP or hospital appointments
• Looking after brothers or sisters
• Helping with communication
• Managing the family budget
• Emotional support

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Liaise is the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Information Advice and Support Service for Lincolnshire.

They provide information and advice relating to SEN and disabilities to parents, children and young people which is free, confidential and impartial.

This can include help with understanding SEND law, local SEN and disability policy and procedures, support in schools and colleges, resolving disagreements, education, health and care plans, exclusions and admissions and personal budgets.

They provide initial help and support by telephone and email, and can allocate a Liaise Caseworker if further specific support is required.

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Lincoln College Group consists of Lincoln, Gainsborough and Newark Colleges, which train 11,000 school leavers and adults a year across professional and industry courses, apprenticeships, A levels and Higher Education.

For more than 130 years they have been adding recognised economic and social value across the Region. Working with more than 1,200 local businesses in the East Midlands, they train 4,200 apprentices a year across a range of delivery models to meet employers specific needs. They pride themselves on being the most responsive training provider in the region.

Lincoln College Group is a not-for-profit charity. Unlike private training providers, their profit does not go to shareholders.

Lincolnshire Behaviour Outreach Support Service (BOSS) aims to reduce the risk of exclusion and develop the ability of schools to support children displaying distressed behaviours.
They offer targeted support for children, staff training and coaching, and parental support.

They work to increase the confidence and skills of Lincolnshire mainstream schools and academies, including parents and carers, in order to better support them to understand the causative factors of distressed behaviours and develop consistent strategies that can be utilised both within the school and at home.

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The Lincolnshire Carers Service is commissioned by Lincolnshire County Council and delivered in partnership with the Care & Wellbeing Hub and Carers First.
The Care & Wellbeing Hub provides the first point of contact for the Lincolnshire Carers Service, providing information, advice, and support to unpaid carers over the telephone, and Carers First work directly with carers in local communities across Lincolnshire so they can live their lives to the fullest.
They offer services to support carers at every stage of their caring journey allowing them to find the balance they wish to achieve in their lives.
They have friendly, knowledgeable staff to offer advice, guidance and information. Their support can differ and considers what's important to the carer.

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The Lincolnshire Cerebral Palsy Society is a local independent charity, here to support everyone in the County affected by Cerebral Palsy.

The experienced team understand the difficulties and pressures of daily life with Cerebral Palsy.
They provide help for treatment, education, training, equipment and welfare. They make grants or donations for the benefit of those with Cerebral Palsy.

LCPS cooperate with local authorities or other organisations providing local services for people with Cerebral Palsy.

Try to make living with Cerebral Palsy easier.

Short Breaks are for families living in Lincolnshire who have a child or young person with a disability and/ or sensory impairment.

The Short breaks eligibility criteria andinformation on how to access them are explained in the short breaks statement.

For more information please see the web link

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The Lincolnshire Down's Syndrome Support Group (LDSSG) are a parent-led charity whose principle aim is to enhance the lives of people with Down's Syndrome and their families in Lincolnshire.

Established in 1983 by a group of parents wishing to offer support and share experiences of parenting a child with Down's Syndrome, they still hold this value at the heart of our group.

LDSSG love to welcome new members and regularly hold events where families can gather to offer each other support, advice and most importantly, friendship.

They currently support over 70 families throughout Lincolnshire and see ourselves as one big family joined by a common thread they all love someone with Down's Syndrome and value the joy they bring to their lives!

Lincolnshire fire and rescue are able to give advice on home fire safety, evacuation plans and the fire setting intervention scheme.

The fire service may also be able to offer a free safe and well check in your home which may include the fitting of a free smoke alarm.

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Lincolnshire FA are the not-for-profit governing body for football in Lincolnshire. They support grassroots football to thrive by developing and sustaining new and existing opportunities across the county.

They work with a range of local clubs and organisations across Greater Lincolnshire to offer both pan-disability and impairment-specific football, for all genders across a range of age groups.

For more opportunities on how to get involved, please contact us below:

Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum is the official independent parent carer forum in our county and represents parents and carers of family members with disabilities and Special Educational Needs (SEN).

We are tasked by the Department for Education in the SEND Code of Practice(2015) to work alongside Education, Health & Care to help improve the quality , range and accessibility of services. We host coffee mornings and events around the County.

Please see our website events page for more information.

We are always on the look out for volunteers to help with our work.

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LPFT provide Children and Young People Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Services in Lincolnshire. The Services range from school based emotional wellbeing services (Healthy Minds Lincolnshire) for young people up to 19 years old (25 years if SEND or Leaving Care ) to more specialist mental health services (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - CAMHS).

LPFT CYP Services can be contacted directly for advise and young people and parent/carers can self-refer. For self-help advise and information on how to contact the services and things to consider if you're thinking about self-referring please see website

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Lincolnshire Sensory services provides specialist services for anyone in Lincolnshire living with sight and/or hearing loss.

The team and service understand the practical and emotional challenges that people with sensory loss can face in their everyday lives and, through their work, they focus on promoting independence, wellbeing and accessibility.

They aim to help people maintain independence and dignity in every aspect of their lives.

LSS also work closely with carers families and other professionals to increase their understanding of the impact of sensory loss and to assist them to build a wide network of support

Lincolnshire Young Voices is a newly formed group of young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) who provide a voice for young people in the county.

The group is aimed at young people with SEND aged 11-25 years.

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Linkage Community Trust is a charity delivering high-quality specialist education, day services, care, employment and support services for people with learning disabilities.

Their vision is that people with learning difficulties and disabilities have opportunities and choice, and are supported to achieve their aspirations.

They support and encourage individuals to make decisions about their own lives and enable them to develop skills and behaviours to live the life they choose based on their talents and abilities.

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The LPFT learning disability service is a specialist service that works with adults who have a learning disability, who due to their learning disability can’t access mainstream services to have their health needs met. The Learning Disability service offers the following:
• Support with mental health which includes:

Anxiety

Mood

Psychosis

Trauma

• Support with behaviours of concern which includes:

Assessment, including observations and interviews with those who know the person best

Intervention strategies which may include education and training

Helping others understand function of behaviours and assist with plans to enhance the quality of live for the service user and their carers

• Support with physical health where support is needed with

Movement and mobility

Nutrition including feeding and swallowing

Liaison with mainstream physical health services to support reasonable adjustments to enable access for adults with a learning disability

• Urgent assessment and support where there is risk of placement breakdown

The learning disability service covers the whole of Lincolnshire and has teams in Lincoln, Boston and Grantham.

  Contact(s):- Laura Copus /   Tel:- 01522 309136   Web:- www.lpft.nhs.uk

The new Lincoln Keyworker team will be working to support Autistic children and young People (aged up to 25) or children and young people with Learning Difficulties and who are at risk of hospitalisation.
They will be working with the children, young people and their families to make sure their wishes are heard and to help them navigating a system which, for some, can be confusing and overwhelming.
Their aim is to make sure that hospitalisation is an absolute last resort and that all avenues are explored first. They want to work with other agencies to help put the right support packages in place to help these amazing children and young people achieve their dreams and ambitions.
In order to access this support, there are a few referral routes including the Self-Referral option and how to access the DSR (Dynamic Support Register). Additionally, for Autistic children, young people and their families there is also the development of a specific all-age Autism Virtual Hub planned over the next year which should offer lower level support if needed before, during and after diagnosis, whether or not someone is placed on the Dynamic Support Register.

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Lincolnshire County Council, NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board and Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust have partnered with BFB Labs to offer children and young people in Lincolnshire free access to Lumi Nova from 8th January 2025

Lumi Nova: Tales of Courage is a digital therapeutic mobile game supporting children with fears, worries and anxiety. Designed for children aged 7-12 years, Lumi Nova helps children to reflect on their feelings, build resilience, and learn lifelong skills to self-manage their worries in a fun intergalactic adventure.

Key features:
• Recommended by NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
• Lumi Nova offers a Gold Standard of Care by facilitating graded exposures (the active ingredient of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) with psychoeducation
• Parent/guardian supported intervention
• Built in safeguarding & accessibility features
Help your child build confidence and self manage worries with a fun mobile game.

Watch this short animated video to learn more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmgrU4zXU3M&ab_channel=BFBLabs

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