SEND support for families
What's New?
Be sure to read what's changing in Hertfordshire with regards to the statutory SEND offer providing families with a better Education Health Care Plan experience.
SEND Guide for Parents/Carers
Government Send guide for parents and carers
Health Visiting Team
The team can be contacted on either -
Tel: 01707 388 000 or Tel: 0300 123 7572 (Option 2 for North Herts)
What can a duty Health Visitor help with?
- Advice and support over the telephone if your child is unwell
- Advice over the telephone on breastfeeding/feeding your baby
- Booking an appointment
- Development or behaviour concerns
- Healthy eating
- Emotional support
- Immunisations
- Public health messages
- Accident prevention
Family Support Service
Delivering Special Provision Locally
DSPL is a Hertfordshire-wide partnership approach where parents, carers, staff in early years settings and schools, further education colleges, local authority officers and representatives from other agencies, work together as part of an Area Group, to ensure that there is a range of provision and support services available in their local community that :
- Meets the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), aged 0-25, as close to home as possible.
- Improves outcomes for wellbeing and attainment
- Widens choice for children and parents/carers
- Removes barriers to learning
- Uses resources more effectively
For up-to-date information on courses, please click on the following link:
Websites
Autism and ADHD support:
Counselling and therapy:
Family life
Mental Health / Well-being
Mental Health and Well-being Herts Local OfferHerts referral service
Speech and Language
SALT Virtual Screening Case History Form