Help for young people with learning difficulties or disabilities (LDD)
All young people will need to make plans for leaving school and most will need some help to do this. Young people with a learning difficulty or disability may need extra help to find out about all the options open to them after they leave school. Our specialist advisers can work specifically with students with additional needs and their parents to:
• Give you information about local and specialist college courses, work-based learning and employment opportunities.
• Put you in touch with social workers to discuss day services.
• Help you and your teenager decide the most suitable option when they leave school.
If your teenager has a statement of special educational needs they will be asked to come to a transition review in Year 9. This is a chance to start planning what they will do when they leave school and discuss what support they will need to achieve this. Our personal advisers will be able to help and support you during this process.
A Connexions personal adviser is linked to each special school.
To find out the name of yours, ask your school or contact your local Connexions centre.
Easy read website
Many young people with low literacy, dyslexia, or learning difficulties find using the internet difficult. Our easy read site has been designed to address this need, providing information about Connexions, education and options after school in easy words and pictures.
Visit our easy read site for young people
Links
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Database and Information Service
Local information service for parents/carers of children with special needs or a disability. Provides information about various organisations and services relevant to disabled children and their families.
Bridges: Disabled children
Directory of local and national services for children, young people and families.
Leicester City Council Parent Partnership Scheme
Support and advice for parents and carers of children with special educational needs (SEN) living in Leicester.
Leicestershire County Council Parent Partnership Service
Support and advice for parents and carers of children with special educational needs (SEN) living in Leicestershire.
Parent Carer Council: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Support and advice for parents whose children have additional needs.
Leicester Disability Information Network
Information for people with disabilities and their carers. Including assistance, benefits, jobs, housing, leisure, training and much more.
MOSAIC Leicester
Services, information and advocacy for disabled people. Includes a youth group, arts groups, and independent living projects.
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities
National charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of impairment in post-16 education, training and employment.
Transition Information Network
Information for parents and carers of disabled children about transition into adulthood.
Foundation for people with learning disabilities
Information about learning disabilities.
Mencap- Families
Information and support for parents and carers of children with a learning disability. Includes info on services and resources for parents and carers, parents' forum, and real life stories.
Scope
Information, advice and support for people with Cerebral Palsy.
Dyslexia Action
Information and advice for parents or carers of a child with dyslexia.
Contact a family
UK charity that enables parents and carers of children with a disabilty to get in contact with other families on a local and national basis.
Family Fund
Gives grants to families with severely disabled children for things that make life easier and more enjoyable for the disabled child and their family. Such as washing machines, driving lessons, hospital visiting costs, computers and holidays.
Equality and Human Rights Commission- Disability
Your rights and the Disability Discrimination Act
Got a teenager
Puberty and disabled teeenagers: Tips for parenting a disabled teenager through puberty.
