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| ACE
Centre Advisory Trust |
An organisation that works with children and
young people who have communication needs. |
| ACT |
A UK organisation working
to improve care and services for all children in the UK
with life-threatening or terminal conditions and their
families. |
| Active
8 |
A Cornish charity for young people with
disabilities. |
| ADHD
UK Alliance |
Supports children with
ADHD and their families. |
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| British
Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD) |
An organisation for professionals
working in the field of childhood disability. |
| British
Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC)
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An organisation offering suport and adive
to children with brain injuries and their families. |
| British
Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) |
A not for profit organisation
with charitable status, which exists to improve the quality
of life of all people with a learning disability. |
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| The
CALL Centre |
(Communication Aids for Language and Learning)
Provides specialist expertise in technology for children who
have speech, communication and/or writing difficulties, in schools
across Scotland. |
| Capability
Scotland |
One of Scotland's leading
disability organisation. They provide a range of flexible
services which support disabled people of all ages in
their everyday lives. |
| Carers
UK |
Seeks to improve recognition and support
for carers, through informing and creating dialogue with
policy makers and professionals working with carers. |
| Care
Co-Ordination Network UK (CCNUK) |
An umbrella organisation
promoting and supporting care co-ordination or key working
for disabled children and their families in England, Northern
Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
| The
Centre for the Development of Autism Practice (CDAP) |
Committed to promoting good practice in
the field of autism spectrum disorders and runs an extensive
programme of seminars, involving leading authorities to
communicate innovative and useful practice. |
| Centre
for Disability Studies |
CDS is an interdisciplinary
centre for teaching and research in the field of disability
studies at the University of Leeds (England). |
| The
Centre for Parent and Child Support |
"Our aim is to enable service providers
to work in partnership with children and their families,
to develop promotional and preventative strategies, and
to provide families with holistic care, that takes account
of their psychological and social well-being." |
| Centre
for Policy Studies |
One of Britain’s best
known and most respected think tanks. It exists to promote
coherent and practical public policy, to roll back the
state, reform public services, support communities, and
challenge threats to Britain’s independence. |
| The
Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education |
An independent centre working in the UK
and overseas to promote inclusion and end segregation.
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| Cerebra |
Cerebra works to ensure
that up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge is available
and applied for the prevention of brain damage and for
proven treatments. |
| Championing
Children |
"The Championing Children programme
demonstrates our commitment to promote the participation
of children and young people in the development of Liverpool,
Capital of Culture 2008." |
| Check
The Map |
This site has been set
up to make it easy for everyone to find out what services
there are for people with Learning Disabilities/Difficulties
(LD) in their local area, or any area, just by clicking
the map or typing in a postcode. |
| The
Children's Trust |
A national charity working with children
who have multiple disabilities and complex health needs. |
| The
Child Bereavement Trust |
This trust leads the
way in improving the care offered by professionals to
grieving families in the immediate crisis and in the many
months following the death of someone important in their
lives. |
| Children's
Rights Director |
This website is for children and young
people living in children's homes, family centres, foster
care, boarding schools, residential special schools, or
FE colleges. |
| The
Choice Forum |
This is the biggest,
liveliest online discussion forum on issues in the lives
of people with learning disabilities in the UK. |
| Choices |
Choices is an independent registered charity
that aims to equip families of kids with arthritis with
research based information about how to live with arthritis. |
| Contact
a Family |
A UK-wide charity providing
advice, information and support to the parents of all
disabled children - no matter what their health condition. |
| Conductive
Education |
Teaches children and adults with physical
disabilities such as cerebral palsy, dyspraxia, multiple
sclerosis, Parkinson’s, stroke and head injury how to
overcome their movement problems to lead more independent,
dignified and fulfilled lives. |
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| Daycare
Trust |
A national childcare
charity. They have been working since 1980 to promote
high quality affordable childcare for all. |
| The
Department for Education and Skills |
The department was established with the
purpose of creating opportunity, releasing potential and
achieving excellence for all. |
| The
Department of Health |
The aim of the Department
of Health (DH) is to improve the health and wellbeing
of people in England. |
| The
Department of Health (NSF) |
This site is intended to keep you up to
date on the development of the Children's National Service
Framework. |
| The
Department of Health - Quality Protects |
The Quality Protects
Programme is a key part of the Government's wider strategy
for tackling social exclusion. It focuses on working with
some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children
in our society. |
| The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) |
DTI is working to create the conditions
for business success and help the UK respond to the challenge
of globalisation. |
| The
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) |
The Department for Work
and Pensions is here to promote opportunity and independence
for all through modern, customer-focused services. |
| The
Disability Rights Commission |
"Our goal: a society where all disabled
people can participate fully as equal citizens." |
| Disabled
Friendly |
Your one-stop website
offering people with disabilities a place to find; disabled
access guides in your area, news on disabled related issues,
disabled events, disabled equipment, disabled holidays
and tours to name just a few. |
| Disabled
Living |
The Disabled Living Equipment Centre has
thousands of products on display all designed with disabled
and older people in mind. |
| Dyslexia
International - Tools and Technologies (DITT) |
Aims to bring full awareness
of the problems associated with specific learning difficulties/dyslexia
into the education systems, and to improve remedial help
by making effective assessment and training available
to all. |
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| Early
Childhood |
a website from the Early
Childhood Unit (ECU) at the National Children's Bureau
in England. This site contains capsules of information
on specific topics within early years care and education. |
| Early
Intervention Feasibility Study |
Mencap, the UK learning disability charity,
led a pan-disability feasibility study commissioned by
the Department for Education and Skills. |
| Early
Support |
Early Support is the
central government mechanism to improve the quality, consistency
and coordination of services for young disabled children
and their families. |
| Every
Child Matters |
Every Child Matters: Change for Children
is a new approach to the well-being of children and young
people from birth to age 19. |
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| The
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities |
"We promote the
rights, quality of life and opportunities of people with
learning disabilities and their families." |
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| Hands
on Network |
Brings people together
to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer
action. |
| Handsel
Trust |
Promotes effective support in the UK for
all children with disabilities and special needs and their
families. |
| Harcourt
Assessment |
The new name for the
organization that combines the rich heritage and broad
product lines of two highly respected leaders in the assessment
industry – The Psychological Corporation and Harcourt
Educational Measurement. |
| Highlands
Community Care Forum |
The aim of the forum is to enable users
and carers of community care services speak out about,
and so influence, the design and delivery of services
which affect their lives. |
| HM
Treasury |
The Treasury is responsible
for formulating and implementing the UK Government's financial
and economic policy |
| Home
Education Advisory Service (HEAS) |
A national home education charity based
in the United Kingdom. It is dedicated to the provision
of advice and practical support for families who wish
to educate their children at home in preference to sending
them to school. |
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| I
Can |
A charity that helps
children with communication disabilities. |
| International
College of Life Skills (ICLS) |
ICLS is a small caring community of dedicated
professionals and students working together to achieve
the necessary life skills to live independently or semi-independently,
obtain gainful employment, and to lead a well balanced
healthy life. |
| Inclusive
Solutions |
Experienced educational
psychologists who specialise in mainstream inclusion. |
| Inclusion |
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| Info
4 Local |
Provides local authorities
with quick and easy access to information from more than
65 government departments, agencies and public bodies. |
| The
Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management (ILAM)
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The professional body for the leisure industry
and represents the interests of leisure managers across
all sectors and specialisms of leisure. |
| Integrating
Community Equipment Services (ICES) |
A Department of Health
funded initiative across health and social care to develop
community equipment services in England, remove unnecessary
barriers for users and modernise services. |
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| James
Hopkins Trust |
A charity which provides
practical help for severely disabled, life threatened
and life limited young children with nursing needs, aged
5 yrs and under, living in Gloucestershire. |
| Jessica
Kingsley Publishers |
Independent publishers of accessible professional
and academic books in the social and behavioural sciences. |
|
Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
is one of the largest independent social policy research
and development charities in the UK. |
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| KIDS |
KIDS help disabled children
to get the most out of life. They work closely with parents
and carers to give children and young people all the support
they need today to fulfil their hopes and dreams tomorrow. |
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| Macintyre
Charity |
MacIntyre is a national
charity that provides learning, support and care for more
than 700 children and adults with learning disabilities,
at more than 120 MacIntyre services across the UK.
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| Making
Contact |
"As a project of Contact
a Family, Making Contact.org complements our existing
services and gives you the chance to safely and easily
get in touch with others who are affected by the same
or similar disabilities and medical conditions as you
are." |
| Mencap
|
A learning disability
charity working with people with a learning disability
and their families and carers. |
| My
Future Choices |
The website of the Transition Information
Network. "Our aim is that all disabled young people
have the same choices and opportunities as other young
people. We let you know about the new things disabled
young people are achieving, and how this has been made
possible." |
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| The
National Autistic Society (NAS) |
The National Autistic
Society exists to champion the rights and interests of
all people with autism and to ensure that they and their
families receive quality services appropriate to their
needs |
| The
National Childminding Association (NCMA) |
The National Childminding Association (NCMA)
is the only national charity and membership organisation
that speaks on behalf of registered childminders in England
and Wales. |
| National
Children's Bureau (NCB) |
NCB promotes the voices,
interests and well-being of all children and young people
across every aspect of their lives. |
| The
National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) |
The only UK charity solely dedicated to
providing support, information and advice for deaf children
and young people, their families and professionals working
with them. |
| National
Inclusion Play (NIP) Network |
A community of organisations
and individuals who are committed to the inclusion of
disabled children and young people in play, leisure and
childcare services. It provides a bank of information
to demonstrate the growing commitment to, and success
of, inclusive practice. |
| NCB
Books |
NCB is one of the leading publishers in
the field of children’s services, with a wide range of
books, reports, training and development resources, CD-ROMs
and videos to support professionals, parents, and children
and young people. |
| Norah
Fry Research Centre |
The Centre was established
in 1988 as part of the University of Bristol's Department
of Mental Health. Its principal interests are the evaluation
and development of services for people with learning difficulties. |
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| Office
for Standards in Education (Ofsted) |
Ofsted is the inspectorate
for children and learners in England. |
| Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister |
The ODPM's aim is to create prosperous,
inclusive and sustainable communities for the 21st century,
places where people want to live, that promote opportunity
and a better quality of life for all. |
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| Paradigm |
a consultancy and development
agency with a difference - formed by people with a wealth
of real current experience in inclusion, health, social
services, community care and organisational development. |
| Pavilion
|
Pavilion is a publisher and event organiser
for professionals delivering public services, whether
they work in the public, private or voluntary sectors. |
| Play
Inspections |
Provides high quality
service offerings to all sectors of the play industry. |
| Play
Wales |
Play Wales/Chwarae Cymru is the national
organisation for children's play in Wales; an independent
charity funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. |
| Playwork
West Midlands |
The Centre is here to
support the training and qualifications needs of Playworkers
in the West Midlands |
| Policy
Press |
The Policy Press is a specialist publisher
for social and public policy and related disciplines in
the UK and is unique in being policy and practice-orientated
as well as academically focused. |
| Postural
Care Skills Programme |
They provide extensive,
high quality education programmes in order that families
and carers of any individual at risk of body shape distortion
are not left with "a little knowledge".. It
is provided by empowered Families and Personal Assistants
in order to protect body shape, muscle tone and quality
of life. |
| Prime
Minister's Strategy Unit |
The Strategy Unit works closely, and often
jointly, with other government departments and external
stakeholders on a broad range of domestic policy, published
through a range of outputs including Green and White Papers. |
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| Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority (QCA) |
QCA is committed to building
a world-class education and training framework. They regulate,
develop and modernise the curriculum, assessments, examinations
and qualifications. |
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| RADAR |
A national network of
disability organisations and disabled people. They represent
their members by fast-tracking opinions and concerns to
policy-makers and legislators in Westminster and Whitehall,
and launching campaigns to promote equality for all disabled
people. |
| Relate
|
Offers advice, relationship counselling,
sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support
face-to-face, by phone and through this website. |
| Research
in Practice |
The largest children
and families research implementation project in England
and Wales. |
| Rett
Syndrome Association |
We are a national charity. We offer information,
advice, practical help, friendship and support to people
with Rett syndrome, their families and carers. |
| Royal
College of Speech and Language Therapists |
The RCSLT represents
speech and language therapists and support workers, promotes
excellence in practice and influences health, education
and social care policies. |
| Royal
Society of Medecine |
The Royal Society of Medicine is an independent,
apolitical organisation, founded 200 years ago. They are
one of the largest providers of continuing medical education
in the UK. |
| Royal
Society for the Prevention of Accidents |
A registered charity
established over 80 years ago and aims to campaign for
change, influence opinion, contribute to debate, educate
and inform - for the good of all. |
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| Safeguarding
Children |
This 2005 review has
been led by the Commission for Social Care Inspection |
| Scope |
The disability organisation in England
and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy |
| Scope
Early Years |
This section of Scope's
website has been specially designed to provide help and
information to families of young children with cerebral
palsy and the professionals who work with them. |
| Scottish
Care Services Forum |
Adiscussion forum to facilitate networking
and national debate in the Scottish care sector. |
| Sense |
A UK organisation for
children or adults who are deafblind or have associated
disabilities. |
| Shared
Care Network |
Promoting family based short breaks for
disabled children and young people. |
| Sibs |
For people who grow up
with a brother or sister with special needs, disability,
chronic illness. |
| Signalong |
SIGNALONG is a sign-supporting system based
on British Sign Language designed to help children and
adults with communication difficulties, mostly associated
with learning disabilities. |
| Silk
Events Management |
Offer wide-ranging expertise
in the organisation of corporate and charity events. |
|
Skills for
Health |
Works with employers and other stakeholders
of the Health Service to ensure that those working in
the sector are equipped with the right skills to support
the development and delivery of healthcare services |
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The Social Care Institute for Excellence |
SCIE's aim is to improve
the experience of people who use social care by developing
and promoting knowledge about good practice in the sector.
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| Special
Kids in the UK |
This site is for families in the UK who
have a child(ren) of any age with a special need. |
| Special
Needs 4 U |
This is a site for special
needs people, their families, friends and carers.
Sharing information, advice and most importantly - friendship. |
| Speechmark |
Speechmark is a specialist publisher of
practical books, resources and ColorCards® for professionals
working with the educational and therapeutic needs of
people of all ages. |
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The
Starfish Team |
The STARFISH TEAM is
a service for children and young people with learning
disabilities whose difficulties prove to be complex and
often challenging for themselves and those who care for
them. |
| Social
Care Online |
Social Care Online is the UK's most extensive
database of social care information. With everything from
research briefings, to reports, government documents,
journal articles, and websites and you find it all with
the click of a button. |
| Sunfield
School |
Sunfield provides education
and 52 week residential care for children between 6 and
19, from all over the UK who have severe and complex learning
needs. |
| Surestart |
Sure Start is the Government's programme
to deliver the best start in life for every child by bringing
together early education, childcare and health and family
support |
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| TeacherNet |
TeacherNet has been developed
by the Department for Education and Skills as a resource
to support the education profession. |
| Teachers'
TV |
The website contains channel information,
teaching resources, and full-length streaming video
of all our TV channel programmes. There are currently
885 programmes available to download. |
| Treehouse |
The TreeHouse Trust (TreeHouse)
is a London-based UK charity, established in 1997 to provide
an educational Centre of Excellence for children with
autism. It was set up by a group of parents whose children
had recently been diagnosed with autism. |
| Time
to Get Equal |
The Time to Get Equal campaign challenges
disablism across the UK. |
| Triangle
Services |
Triangle is an independent
organisation providing training and consultancy throughout
the UK, and outreach support for children and young people
in Sussex. |
| Tuberous
Sclerosis Association |
The UK charity that supports sufferers,
promotes awareness, and seeks the causes and best possible
management of Tuberous Sclerosis (TSC). |
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Well
Child |
WellChild, the UK’s children’s
health charity, has been working to improve children’s
health for more than 25 years. |
| Wordworks |
Offers professional support services, training,
research and a range of low-cost publications for voluntary
and community organisations in the UK. |
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Young
Carers |
An online resource for
young carers. |
| Your
Level Best |
Created by a wheelchair-user who likes
to socialize by meeting friends and family in pubs or
restaurants--so of course these places must be disabled-accessible.
The toilets must be wheelchair-accessible, too. Venues
listed here claim to meet these criteria |
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