Making sure the voice and needs of Kingston SEND families are heard
Kingston SEND PCF is made up of local parents and carers who work to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities and their needs are heard and understood by local services and decision makers.
We also make sure parents and carers have access to events and information that they might find useful as a SEND family.
Amazing Things
We love this introduction to autism by amazing things. It aims to raise awareness among young non-autistic audiences, to stimulate understanding and acceptance in future generations. It is intended to be viewed, discussed and shared widely by anyone but especially teachers and parents.
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This week is Mental Health Awareness Week
We share the lived experiences of struggling to take care of our wellbeing and having little time and/or energy to prioritise ourselves.
Mind in Kingston offer support that can help when you're struggling, help to protect your wellbeing, and planning to reduce the impact of stress on your mental and emotional health. They offer:
– Counselling for stress, anxiety, low mood, overwhelm, or when things feel too much
– Peer support groups where you can talk openly, connect with others, and feel less alone
– Weekly drop‑in cafés in Kingston and Surbiton; friendly spaces to chat, get advice, or simply take a breather
– Wellbeing activities such as art groups, creative sessions, walking groups, and gentle physical activity to help reduce stress
– Advice and signposting to help you navigate mental health services and find the right support
– Clear crisis information so you know where to turn if you or someone in your family needs urgent help
Find out more at:
mindinkingston.org.uk
If you or someone you love are facing a crisis:
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We recently had a query about why we had not asked members the SEND White Paper Consultation Questions directly.
We recognised early that there was a lot of information in the SEND White Paper and only certain factors that the Department for Education were consulting on. We wanted to use all our energy wisely and focus on what really mattered to local parents. In order to do this, we identified the key themes of what parent carers told us and came up with five questions for you to answer over five weeks.
We have been amazed by the detail we have received so far and we are so grateful to all of you who have responded – this has allowed us to reflect on what we are being told is essential to make schools inclusive and where people have expressed their dissatisfaction about what has been proposed in these reforms, we have been able to capture in responding in the final question of the consultation.
You can still individually respond to the consultation consult.education.gov.uk/send-strategy-division/send-reform-putting-children-and-young-people-firs/
We are now in the final week of gathering information so if you have missed anything or would still like to Have Your Say and impact the SEND Reforms and much much more locally please do fill in our online survey.
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We thought this might be of interest to our parent carers as we’ve heard from so many families recently about children who cannot have their needs met in schools, and from families who have children with emotionally based school non-attendance (aka EBSNA, EBSA or ERSA)📢NEW WEBINAR: EOTAS📢
HOW: Microsoft Teams
Hosted by Megan Booth from SOS!SEN
Education Other Than At School
This webinar will include –
What are the legal tests for EOTAS?
How to build and evidence an argument
How might the EOTAS provision be written into section F of your child’s EHCP
What might EOTAS provision include
What to expect after you have secured EOTAS in the EHCP
Q&A session at the end
👉SECURE YOUR PLACE: buy.stripe.com/28E14n3V6eGl6dl9GD1RC1Y
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