Welcome!

WHO WE ARE

Douglas Silas Solicitors are a small, niche but nationally acclaimed firm of solicitors specialising exclusively in cases concerning Special Educational Needs (SEN). We 'get' children with SEN and understand the daily problems their parents face. Also, our whole firm specialises in SEN - that is all that we do!

See what our clients say about us by watching the video below

WHAT WE DO

We help parents, including those who have to do things themselves, either as a 'consultant' advising to help them successfully navigate through the the 'Statementing' process themselves or, more often, advise and represent them from the very beginning right through to an appeal to the SEND Tribunal (SENDIST) where that becomes necessary.

Our aim is to resolve disputes as quickly, efficiently and cheaply as possible. We are also completely transparent about Our Costs and can offer Fixed/Capped Fees for Tribunal appeals.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Over the past 15 years, Douglas has helped thousands of parents get the right outcome for their child, even when they thought that there was no hope left. For over a decade he has been listed as an expert in the leading legal directories who have said things like:

"'... [he is] probably the best solicitor there is for claimant type work in the field of education law', 'very committed, thorough and efficient'

”He knows the law inside-out" and "cares deeply for his clients""

"[he]  has ‘extensive knowledge’, provides ‘faultless legal advice’, and is ‘pre-eminent in his field’."

During the past few years Douglas has also assembled an excellent team around him. The Legal 500 has stated:

" The ‘outstanding’ team at specialist firm Douglas Silas Solicitors is ‘efficient, kind and committed’, and is a leader in Special Educational Needs (SEN) matters....

In October 2011, Douglas was shortlisted by the Law Society for it's prestigious 'Solicitor of the Year (Private Practice)' award.

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

We know that there are people who may not be able to afford to instruct us or who may not need our help yet. Our website therefore tries to help as many people as possible by providing detailed information about SEN. It includes 10 FREE Factsheets, a FREE guide to 'Appealing For A Special School' and a FREE 7-day e-mail course on 'Everything You Wanted To Know About The Law On Special Educational Needs But Were Too Afraid To Ask'.

Our website also contains many Useful Resources and a very large number of pages about Types of SEN/Disability or other SEN/Education Info, including links to other relevant websites which can provide Further Information.

You should also read our Latest News if you are looking for recent updates on SEN.

CONTACT US

If you want to discuss a problem with us concerning a child with SEN please Contact Us as soon as possible or Make an Enquiry right away online.

We hope that you will find our website helpful. Please bookmark it or save it as one of your favourites now so that you can come back to us easily if you ever need to.

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P.S. We have helped parents of children with all the below Types of SEN/Disability.

Our page entitled SEN/Education Info also provides info about types of issues/approaches/processes.

• Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (ACC)
• ADHD
• Angelman Syndrome
• Anxiety Disorders
• Aphasia
• Apraxia
• Arthritis
• Asperger's Syndrome
• Atypical Autism
• Auditory Processing Disorder
• Autism (ASD)
• Cerebellar Ataxia
• Cerebral Palsy (CP)
• Conduct Disorder
• Crohns Disease
• Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
• Developmental Delay
• Diabetes
• Down's Syndrome
• Dysarthria
• Dyscalculia
• Dysgraphia
• Dyslexia / Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)
• Dysnomia
• Dyspraxia
• Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD)
• Echolalia
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Emotional Literacy
• Epilepsy
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Global Developmental Delay
• Graphomotor Skills
• Guillain Barré
• Hearing impairment (HI)
• Heller's Syndrome
• Hydrocephalus
• Hyperlexia
• Hypotonia
• Irlen Syndrome/Scotopic Sensitivity
• Landau Kleffner Syndrome
• Learning Disabilities
• Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
• Mood Disorder
• Mowat-Wilson Syndrome
• Multi-Sensory Impairment (MSI)
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Neurofibromatosis
• Noonan Syndrome
• Non-Verbal Learning Difficulties (NLD)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) (Brittle Bone Disease)
• Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
• Physical Disability (PD)
• Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD)
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Proprioception
• Rett Syndrome
• Scoliosis
• Selective Mutism
• Semantic Pragmatic Disorder
• Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)
• Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD)
• Sickle Cell Anaemia
• Social Skills
• Speech and Language Disorder
• Spina Bifida
• Tactile Defensiveness
• Tourettes Syndrome
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Visual Impairment
• Waardenburg Syndrome
• Williams Syndrome
• Worster-Drought Syndrome (WDS)

Our page entitled SEN/Education Info also provides information about different types of issues, approaches or processes such as:

• ABA (Applied Behavioural Analysis)
• Annual Review
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Conductive Education
• Early Intervention
• Educational Psychologists (EP)
• Facilitated Communication
• IEP (Individual Education Plan)
• LEA
• Learning Support Assistants (LSA)/Teaching Assistants (TA)
• Lovaas
• Makaton
• Mediation
• Motor Engrams
• Music Therapy
• National Curriculum
• Note in Lieu
• Occupational Therapy (OT)
• Orton-Gillingham
• P-Scales
• Parent Partnerships
• Pastoral Support Plan (PSP)
• PECS
• Physiotherapy
• Play Therapy
• SATs
• School Action and School Action Plus
• SEN
• SENCO
• SEN Code of Practice (CoP)
• SEN Inclusion
• Son-Rise Programme
• Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT)
• Statement of SEN
• TEACCH
• Warnock & SEN

 

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