Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

If your child has a special educational need or disability (SEND) and you need support, get in touch with their school or seek impartial and confidential advice.

• Request support Your child does not need an SEN diagnosis for you to receive advice or support.
• Support for a child with SEND in nursery If your two, three or four-years-old has SEND and is in nursery, the nursery can get additional support.
• SEND local offer Liverpool's Local Offer sets out the support that young people with disabilities up to the age of 25 can expect.
• Apply for SEND home to school transport Parents and carers of pupils with a SEND can apply for help with transport to and from school or college.
• Apply for a SEND duplicate travel pass Apply for a duplicate SEND school travel pass if the original has been lost/stolen/damaged.
• Personal transport budget A personal transport budget may be offered to parents and carers of children with SEND if it works out as a more cost effective home to school transport option.
• Independent travel training We offer travel training to young people who can’t get to school or college independently because of their SEND.
• Independent travel training consultancy We offer a specialist consultancy service to support other local authorities to develop or enhance their Independent Travel Training (ITT) provision.
• Independent travel training professional development courses We run two Open Awards qualifications for professionals who support children, young people and adults to travel safely and independently.
• Supported internships Supported internships are work-based study programmes for 16 to 24-year-olds with SEND and an Educational Health Care Plan.
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder training We offer advice, support and training to families of children or young people aged 0-19 years in Liverpool.

Related pages

• Occupational Therapy for children
• Education health care plans (EHC)
• Sensory processing difficulties (SPD)
• Dyspraxia or DCD
• Liverpool Family Information and SEND Directory

Other websites

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• Family fund grants Low-income families with seriously ill or disabled children can apply to the Family Fund for help with the cost of equipment, goods or services.