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What the words mean, who to speak to, and what to ask for in the first few months.
Open new to send sectionGuides and explainers
Plain-English guides for SEND families in England. Short, practical, and structured for the moments when your brain has already done a full day.
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Dedicated sections
Each topic has a small landing page plus focused guides. The aim is to help you choose the next useful thing, not read everything in one sitting.
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Foundations for early concerns, communication, neurodiversity and the questions that come before a formal diagnosis.
What the words mean, who to speak to, and what to ask for in the first few months.
Open new to send sectionSpeech, play and communication support that can begin before formal assessments are complete.
Open early intervention sectionSymptoms are easily mistaken for autism. Learn how to spot the difference and get a hearing test.
Open hearing & glue ear sectionFirst signs, referral waiting times, co-occurrence, masking, and what schools must do.
Open autism, adhd & neurodiversity sectionNursery, school and plans
Practical guidance for education support, EHCPs, rights and the changes between settings.
Requests, assessments, draft plans, reviews, and appeals — a calm guide through every stage.
Open ehcps sectionWhat schools and local authorities must do, and what options you have when support is not working.
Open education rights sectionSchool moves, phase transfers, Year 9 planning, post-16 routes and moving local authority.
Open transitions sectionElective home education for SEND children — your legal right, LA duties, EHE and EHCPs, and returning to school.
Open home education sectionEveryday life and wellbeing
Support for routines, health appointments, family capacity and the parts of life that happen outside school.
Carers, siblings, burnout, respite, and support for difficult seasons.
Open family wellbeing sectionTools to help autistic children and young people communicate their needs in medical settings, including the NHS-recognised autism health passport.
Open hospital & appointments sectionEveryday skills for SEND children and young people: eating, toilet training, managing big feelings, and sleep.
Open life skills sectionPractical help
Routes through financial support, safer decision-making, and the paperwork that often stands between a family and the help they need.
How to spot miracle-cure claims, pressure-selling, fake expert endorsements and unsafe SEND advice online.
Open scam avoidance sectionDLA, Carer's Allowance, grants, Blue Badge and Motability — money and practical support.
Open benefits & grants sectionPlain-English walkthroughs and ready-to-use ChatGPT prompts for EHCPs, DLA, school appeals, applications, and Carer's Allowance.
Open form help & ai prompts sectionA few shortcuts for the situations families often search for first.
Set your location to surface council-specific EHCP contacts, Local Offer links, SEND services, and community resources alongside the national guidance.