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[a previous client]

SEN FAQS

FAQs for parents

FAQS ABOUT EHC PLANS

FAQS ABOUT APPEALS

FAQS ABOUT SECONDARY SCHOOLS

FAQS FOR PROFESSIONALS

FAQS ABOUT EHC ASSESSMENTS

FAQS ABOUT SEN

FAQS FOR POST-16 EDUCATION

What You Need To Know
​​About SEN...

What You Need To Know
​About EHC Assessments...

What You Need To Know
​About EHC Plans...

FAQs For Parents 
​Here are some FAQS (Frequently Asked Questions):

FAQs for Professionals 

"WHERE SHOULD I
ASSESS A CHILD
​OR YOUNG PERSON?"

"WHAT
IS A
​'STATEMENT OF TRUTH'?" 

"WHAT IS
MY ROLE
​AT THE HEARING?" 

"WHAT DO I NEED TO DO BEFORE I MEET A CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON?"

"CAN I COMMUNICATE
WITH OTHER 
​SEN EXPERTS?" 

"WHAT IS
A
WITNESS SUMMONS?" 

"WHAT DO I
​HAVE TO INCLUDE IN MY ASSESSMENT REPORT?" 

"WHAT IF I AM ASKED TO ATTEND A TRIBUNAL HEARING?" 

"CAN I
REFUSE A
​WITNESS SUMMONS?" 

Types of SEN 
Below you can find out about different types of SEN - these pages were researched/written ourselves ​to try to save people time from having to look for info themselves (you can also find useful info on our Pinterest site).

Please note that we have helped parents of children with all these Types of SEN.

​A-L

• Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum 
• ADHD 
• Angelman Syndrome 
• Aniridia 
• ​Anorexia Nervosa
• Anxiety Disorder
• Aphasia 
• Apraxia 
• Arthritis 
• Asperger Syndrome 
• Asthma 
• Attachment Disorder 
• Atypical Autism 
• Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) 

• Autism (ASD) 
• Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD, formerly EBD)
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) 
• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
• Brain Injury
• Bulimia
• Cerebellar Ataxia 
• Cerebral Palsy (CP) 
• Challenging Behaviour
• Conduct Disorder
• Crohn's Disease 
• Cystic Fibrosis (CF) 
• Developmental Delay 
• Diabetes 
• Down's Syndrome 
• Duane Syndrome
• Dysarthria 
• Dyscalculia 
• Dysgraphia 
• Dyslexia 
• Dysnomia 
• Dysplasia 
• Dyspraxia 
• Echolalia 
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 
• Emotional Literacy 
• Epilepsy 
• Fragile X Syndrome 
• Global Developmental Delay 
• Glue Ear 
• Graphomotor Skills
• Guillain Barré 
• Hearing Impairment
• Heller's Syndrome 
• Hydrocephalus 
• Hyperacusis 
• Hyperlexia 
• Hypermobility
• Hypotonia 
• Irlen Syndrome/Scotopic Sensitivity 
• Landau Kleffner Syndrome 
• Learning Difficulties ​​

M-Z

• 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 (Brittle Bone Disease) 
• Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) 
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) 
• Peter's Anomaly 
• Physical Disability (PD) 
• Pica
• 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 
• Smith-Magenis Syndrome
• Social Skills 
• Sotos Syndrome 
• Speech and Language Disorder 
• Spina Bifida 
• Tactile Defensiveness 
• Tourette's Syndrome 
• Turner Syndrome 
• Ulcerative Colitis 
• Usher Syndrome
• Visual Impairment 
• Waardenburg Syndrome 
• Williams Syndrome 
• Working Memory
• Worster-Drought Syndrome (WDS)

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