Week of SEND 2025

Presentation by - Jane
Community Dental Services in Lincolnshire is a specialist dental provider for residents within the County (excluding North and North East Lincolnshire) with significant medical, physical or mental health disabilities, or people with severe dental anxiety. We are a referral only service, and our acceptance criteria and referral form can be found on our website.

They pride themselves on providing high quality care and treatment for children and adults whose dental care cannot be managed by a General Dental Practitioner. They accept referrals from all healthcare providers, however any referrals for dental anxiety reasons must come from a Dentist.

The Oral Health Improvement Team are part of the service co-ordinating, facilitating and supporting a range of evidence-based interventions to reduce oral health inequalities and promote better oral health.

Oral health is everyone's responsibility; therefore, training is available to health and non- health professionals.

Sessions are tailored to meet the requirements of specific teams e.g. health visiting, teachers and many voluntary sector areas.

Presentation by - Hil (Juggling the Joys)
Hil is a successful Master Practitioner and Coach in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), with a Masters Degree in Leadership.

She loves working with a wide range of individuals facing significant, personal challenge as well as groups of varying sizes across business and education.

Hil offers a fresh perspective, bold problem-solving and unorthodox strategies. Her main strengths lie in her ability to connect with people;motivating and developing them to think actively, flexibly and creatively. She relishes new challenges and is committed to adding value to, and facilitating the growth of individuals and teams.

She is currently the trainer for LPCF's parents workshops - "Juggling the Joys of parenting" and "Life Hacks for coping wiith change".

Presentation by - Rebecca
Working with audiences at the Hub; in schools; and community and care settings across the District and County, the Hub dance programme provides creative opportunities for participation and performance on a regular basis, ensuring a varied high quality mix of contemporary offerings that are inclusive, accessible, affordable and always forward thinking.

The Dance & Disabilities programme aims to give young people and adults with disabilities an opportunity to enjoy dance in a fun and safe environment, supporting well-being and allowing them to feel more empowered in their communities.

Unify Youth Dance classes are relaxed, inclusive, and fun creative dance sessions for young people with learning disabilities, autism and/or physical disabilities aged between 10-24yrs.
The sessions focus on developing dancers to become more confident in dance by experimenting with different ways of moving through prop explorations and creative tasks.

Presentation by - Bernadette
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

Presentation by - Shani
I am a Community Connector for the Four Counties PCN covering Stamford, Bourne and surrounding villages. It is peripatetic role and it involves a great deal of teams meetings with various NHS practitioners and charity organisations as part of the Mental Health Transformation initiative.

I am involved in many projects, and am employed by Mindspace in Stamford.
One of the many projects I lead on is the Bourne Stamford Wellbeing Network which is a partnership board. The board meets every month and brings together a whole range of professionals from the NHS and charity organisations. The purpose of which is to drive forward Mental Health Transformation and build capacity into the community to support those with mental health issues and share local developments and resources to help.
Another group that I am involved with, is a Coproduction Group for Stamford and Bourne.
I have set up, with funding from the Virtual Autism Hub, two support groups for autistic adults and a support group for parent/carers with autistic dependents.
I am dyslexic.

Presentation by - Penny
We’re the only UK charity dedicated to supporting those affected by H.I.E. (Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy) – lack of oxygen to the brain at birth. We offer free emotional, practical and financial support, for any family regardless of cause or outcome. We provide free parent packs to neonatal units across the UK to offer families support and advice as and when they are ready.

In addition, we can provide:

Parent support: Free packs for neonatal units and specialist healthcare providers, designed by parents, for parents. Gentle information and reassurance that they aren’t on their own, as well as some items to help them on their journey
Equipment fund: Helping families access equipment that isn’t otherwise available, with a “needs not means tested” application process
Counselling / trauma therapy: Fully funded counselling by a trained counsellor, either on-line or face-to face (depending on preference)
Online resources: Website (with accessibility toolbar converting the information into many languages) and social media platforms, sharing information and signposting
Peer support: 1-1 support from volunteers, parents and grandparents, all of whom have lived experience of H.I.E
Community activities: Regular events online, at different times, covering different topics. This includes our “let’s chat” sessions
Family connections: “Little HIEroes” private Facebook group and WhatsApp group for families; separate dedicated groups for dads, and bereaved families
Events: Support during key events and information sessions (e.g. advanced care plans, sibling sessions, understanding trauma)
In-person: “Peeps together” events across the UK and fully accessible venues
Bereavement support: Sulley’s Fund to help support bereaved families, specialist bereavement counselling, 1-1 contact for families

Presentation by - Chris
For a while now LPCF have been involved with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) and the SEND alliance in developing access to core induction skills and knowledge modules of learning for Special School and Mainstream staff.
This was through involvement alongside partners in the 5 year Special School strategy.
During the process LPCF suggested that the training provided should not be restricted to staff but should also be made available to parents as part of the E-Learning process.
The SEND alliance have had the foresight, in the spirit of co-production, to accept this and approve parents access to complete the seven modules available:-
What is Inclusion?
What is Inclusion? (Bonus Content).
Respecting Individuals.
Awareness of Neuro-Typical Child.
SEND Code of Practice.
Working with Professionals.
Types of SEND.
To access the training parents need to be members of LPCF.