Early help services

Leicestershire early help services include:

• Information and advice including the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Local Offer or Family Information Directory (FID)   
• Family Support for short-term parenting and behaviour support 
• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners to help with children age 8 years and over who are anxious or depressed but aren’t involved with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) 
• Pathway Co-ordinators where cases are complex, children have been excluded from school and there are many services already involved that need co-ordination 
• Group support including support for managing anger, Special Educational Need and Disability, keeping safe and feeling safe
• Supporting Leicestershire Families who provide intensive family support for families who have a range of needs which impact on family functioning including:
  - a range of health and or mental health concerns
  - anti-social behaviour or criminal activity
  - unemployment or housing difficulties 
  - education difficulties including children at risk of exclusion
  - domestic abuse
• Children’s Centres who offer a range of services to families of children aged 0 - 5 years including parenting groups, speech and language, baby massage etc. They focus on vulnerable families, with the main provision being the 0 - 2 year pathway which supports families from pregnancy to their 2 year old checks

There are numerous support groups on Facebook including:

Leicestershire Local Offer 

- provides local support and information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Our Space Hinckley

-a group at St Johns Church, Hinckley who provide a fun and stimulating environment for children and young people with additional needs and their families one Saturday a month.

Leicestershire Parent Carer Forum

-A group of parent/carers with young people aged 0-25 years with various disabilities, working in partnership with education, health and social care to help shape future services in Leicestershire.

Tiny Town, Nuneaton

-A role play centre that offers SEND session - more information on their Facebook page

ADHD Solutions UK

They Support children young people and adults who have ADHD, their families, and the professionals who are working with them.