SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)

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Please read the update from Essex SEND IASS on what to expect from the service during COVID-19.

The Essex SEND IASS is a confidential and impartial information, advice and support service on issues related to special educational needs and disability (SEND). It is free and easy to access.

They offer information, advice and support to:

• children and young people (up to 25 years) with SEND – see the SENDIASS Children and Young People’s page for more information on this
• parents and carers of children with SEND
• practitioners (who might support children, young people or parents to access our service)

The SEND IASS can help by:

• listening to your concerns and explaining what options are available
• explaining how education settings can support children and young people with special educational needs/a disability
• giving you information about what the law is and what your choices are, to help you make your own decisions
• supporting you where required at meetings and helping you to get your views across
• finding voluntary groups and other agencies that can also support you, with the help of the Essex Local Offer
• guiding you through the Education, Health and Care Needs assessment process
• supporting you in discussions with education settings and the local authority where a child or young person is at risk of exclusion or has been excluded
• advise you on processes for resolving disagreements, SEND Tribunal processes and means of redress
• consulting parents, children and young people and ensuring your views influence the development of local policy and practice for children and young people with special educational needs and disability

Watch the video below created by IASS Network of parent’s experiences of Information, Advice and Support Services:

Please see the SEND IASS leaflet for further information or to print and distribute.

SENDIASS Case Studies and Further Information