I am not affiliated with a particular local authority, solicitor’s practice, school or group of schools, nor do I receive any commission for introductions or recommendations. This means I can provide truly independent advice to help you find the right educational setting for your child. For more details, including fees and timescales, please see FAQs.
How I can help
- Recommending, and liaising with, appropriate diagnostic and legal professionals to provide input for an EHC plan.
- Support with reading and interpreting professional reports and draft EHC plans, ensuring any SEN solicitor or other professionals involved contribute their input in a timely manner .
- Compiling a shortlist of suitable specialist schools/colleges, taking into account a child’s needs, a young person’s strengths and interests, OFSTED and CQC ratings, and your home location.
- Liaising with potential schools and shortlisting those able to meet the identified needs with an available place.
- Arranging visits to selected schools for your child to be assessed; compiling a list of questions for you to ask the school; helping you with decision-making.
- Advice on making a move from a mainstream school to specialist provision, between specialist schools, or into a post-18 placement.
My knowledge and experience
- Specialist educational provision across England and Wales, in independent, non-maintained and maintained local authority settings, offering day, weekly, 38 and 52-week residential provision.
- Onsite therapies and the different levels of input which may be required, including occupational therapy (OT), speech and language therapy (SALT), clinical and psychological input; art, music and drama therapies.
- Experience of considering how best to meet complex needs, including profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe emotional and mental health issues, and the needs of looked-after children.
Range of needs addressed
- Acquired brain injury
- ADD, ADHD
- Autism, autistic spectrum conditions, Asperger Syndrome
- Behavioural, emotional and social difficulties
- Complex learning or communication difficulties
- Dyslexia and dyspraxia
- Epilepsy
- High ability
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- PDA
- Physical neurological impairment
- Profound and multiple learning difficulties
- Severe mental health needs
- Specific learning difficulties (SpLD)
- Speech and language challenges
- Visual and/or hearing impairment
Thank you for all the support and reassurance that you have given me; it has really helped me to hang on in there!
Parent of Fane, 14
