SEND Community Services
Building trusting relationships with parent/carers allows us to develop and implement support packages for their children's individual learning needs as they progress on to nursery or school.
We use toolkits approved by the local council's 'Early Years Team' to assess children and plan their support with parent/carers.
Early Years Inclusion Pathway
LLoyd Park Children's Charity is now commissioned to deliver a 12 week PEEPS programme called "Learning Together-Preschool' for children 2-4 yrs.
(Children under 2 yrs are supported by the local authority's Early Years team).
This is an invite only programme for those referred to LBWF's 'Early Years Inclusion Pathway'.
Click on the button to the right to find out more on their website:
Sessions are provided at no cost to you as part of the government funded 'Family Hubs' offer.
This funding has also enabled our practitioner(s) to attend training to deliver these sessions through a charity called Peeple. This charity provides training, planning and resources to support the delivery of Stay and Play sessions with families.
As part of the programme you will be asked to complete a short questionnaire at the start and end of the programme. This helps us measure the impact of these sessions and hopefully secure further funding so that more families can benefit from the sessions.
You kind find out more about PEEPs on Peeple.org website here:
Please be aware that these links will connect you to external websites.
Our charity cannot be repsonsible for the content of these sites including any downloadable files.
Please read our policy on links to external web pages here:
Transition and funding support
Our team can support parent/carers with signposting, funding advice and onward referrals.
Funding advice includes SENIF (SEN Inclusion Funding) and EHCPs (Education, Health and Care Plan).
Onward referrals might be to speech therapy and/or SAC clinic (Special Advisory Clinic).
Sensory Play Session
Our experienced team deliver this informal open drop-in play session.
It's a session primarily for families with SEND children that's also inclusive for all.
So, SEND children can play and socialise with their other friends in the same space.
The sessions can be tailored to the attendees' needs and are focussed on playing together in a warm and relaxed atmosphere.
Bespoke, co-produced activities/projects
Our SEND Manager leads on working with families to find out what kinds of services they would like to see provided for their children locally.
We're always looking for opportunities to work with local partner organisations to proactively address the gaps in local SEND services.
We also have an established working group to identify and secure funding for new projects and activities, so if you have an idea for a service let us know!
Our CoCo East co-production collaborative seeks to amplify local voices and to support in family-led activity design and delivery. The group is well represented by families living with SEND so please do come along to one of our online meetings or submit an idea on the dedicated page!
More information on CoCo East here
Somewhere to Belong
Our SEND Manager has also researched and developed this evidence-based programme of support for SEND families. Research found that SEND facilities should be familiy-centred, local and fun.
Somewhere to Belong provides support that improves the childs wellbeing and development but also looks at the benefits of inteventions for the whole family.
We currently run a session in our adventure play space, Grow wild, on the 3rd Sunday of every month and hope to be expanding our Somewhere to Belong offer in 2025.
Check out our activities timetable here:
Useful Links
Please be aware that these links will connect you to external websites.
Our charity cannot be repsonsible for the content of these sites including any downloadable files.
Please read our policy on links to external web pages here:
Local support
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Waltham Forest Parent Forum - Support families with SEND chidlren in Waltham Forest
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Flourish Specialist Education Service (Flourish Learning Trust schools)
London Borough of Waltham Forest resources
Government resources
General help
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General Autism Infromation
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Toilet training