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Parent Partnership Service
What is the Parent Partnership Service?
Trafford Parent Partnership Service is for parents/carers:
- whose children have been assessed as having special educational needs;
- who believe their children may have special educational needs;
- whose children have a disability recognised under the Disability Disagreement Act.
How can we help?
The Parent Partnership Team can:
- Explain the assessment process and the Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs;
- Help you to give your views about your child's special educational needs;
- Support you at meetings;
- Help you with any letters or forms;
- Help you understand your child's statement of special educational needs;
- Help you pass on your concerns to your child's school or to a member of the Local Authority;
- Put you in touch with staff from other agencies and voluntary organisations who may be able to give advice and information;
- Support you at Disagreement Resolution Service meetings (meetings where paretns can discuss their child's needs with the school or LA);
- Explain how you can appeal about decisions the LA have made, to the special educational needs tribunal (SEND);
- Give you information about the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA);
- Give you advice when your child starts at school or nursery;
- Give you information about your child moving from infant school (Key Stage 1) to junior schol (Key Stage 2) or secondary school (Key Stage 3).
How to get in touch with us
If you have been told that your child may have Special Educational Needs, support is available using the detials supplied below:
Trafford Parent Partnership Service
Cherry Manor Centre
Cherry Lane
Sale
M33 4GY
Email: parentpartnership@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 3150
This page was last reviewed on 28 January 2009
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