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| Advocacy |
- Advocacy in Somerset
Provides an advocacy service for young people and adults with mental health difficulties.
Phone: 01458 253 053
Website:www.advocacyinsomerset.org.uk
- Maze advocacy
An advocacy service for children and young people age 6-19 who are in emotional or mental distress and living in Somerset.
Phone: 0800 970 9883
Website: www.mazeadvocacy.net
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Educational Support |
- Somerset Dyslexia Association
Support meetings for parents, adults and teachers are held regularly and are free to members. A telephone is also available for anyone wishing support on dyslexia.
Phone: 01278 732 671
Website:www.somersetdyslexia.co.uk
- The Alternative Education Company
A Somerset based company specialising in making a difference to disaffected young people who find full-time education challenging. Based on a farm setting just outside Taunton, they work in partnership with schools and the local authority and support young people aged 9 to 19.
Phone:01823 601609
Website: www.thealternativeducationcompany.co.uk
- The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE)
An independent centre, set up in 1982, actively supporting inclusive education as human right of every child.
Phone: 0117 328 4007
Website:www.csie.org.uk
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Family Support |
- Barnardo's Befrienders
A service for parents.
Phone: 01823 278000
Email:tamsin.stgeorge@barnardos.org.uk
- bibic
Offers practical help to families caring for children; helping these children reach their full potential and living a fulfilling and more rewarding life.
Phone: 01278 684 060
Website:www.bibic.org.uk
- Burnham-on-Sea Family Social Group
For children and young people aged 0 - 16 with Special Educational Needs and their families. Meets on the third Saturday of every month. 10am - 12 noon. Burnham-on-Sea Baptist Church Hall, College Street, Burnham-On-Sea. Facilities include craft activities, games, TV, hall for ball games. Light refreshments available.
Phone: 07919 256943
Email:d.green208@btinternet.com
- Cerebra Regional Support Service
Cerebra is a charity dedicated to providing practical help, information and support to parent carers of children up to the age of 16 who
have a neurological condition.
Phone: 01179 055020
Mobile: 07771 353739
Email: KathF@cerebra.org.uk
Website: www.cerebra.org.uk
 Cerebra Regional Support Service
- Escape
A Somerset based supportive activity group for special needs children and their families.
Phone: 01823 331531
Website: www.escapesupportgroup.com
- Mendip and Sedgemoor Community Partnership
Support for groups and community organisations in Mendip and Sedgemoor.
2009/10 Membership Application also download Sedgemoor Survey of Needs Form
- National Autistic Society Somerset Branch
Offers support to parents and carers of young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Website:www.autism-support-somerset.org.uk
Phone: 01278 788776
- Somerset Family Information Service (SFIS)
A free, impartial service giving detailed information and advice on childcare as well as general information on a wide range of services for children and young people aged 0-19 years and their families.
Phone: 0845 345 9122
- Somerset Dyslexia Association
Support meetings for parents, adults and teachers are held regularly and are free to members. A telephone is also available for anyone wishing support on dyslexia.
Phone: 01278 732 671
Website:www.somersetdyslexia.co.uk
- Somerset Family Floating Support Service
Provides a combination of practical and emotional support with the aim of improving life skills so that clients are able to live independently. It can include advice on housing, benefits, access to health care, as well as signposting and referring to specialist agencies.
Website: www.dhi-online.org.uk/somersetfamilies/
- Taunton Autism Support Group
A support group for parents and carers of children and young people with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome in the Taunton area.
Website:www.tauntonasg.co.uk
- Ups and Downs Southwest
Supporting parents, carers and professionals involved with Down Syndrome all across the Southwest
Website: www.upsanddowns.net
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Mediation |
- Wessex Mediation
The service provides independent and impartial mediators to help when parents/carers and the educational authorities, including schools, cannot agree on how to meet a pupil's special educational needs.
Phone: 0845 052 9487
Website:www.wessexmediation.co.uk
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