SEND

SENDCo: Mrs L Hill

Tel: 01384818660

Email: info@hasbury.dudley.sch.uk

The Local Offer is full of information and advice on things to support you and your child or young person, aged 0-25 with special educational needs or disabilities.

If you need advice on health, education, social care and community support for you and your family visit the Local Offer website:

Autism Central is a peer education programme commissioned by NHS England that provides free, high-quality, and accessible support for families, carers, and personal assistants of autistic people of all ages. Its main focus is on empowering families to advocate and secure necessary adjustments across services, including education, health, and social care.

Key Components of the Autism Central Programme:

• Goals: To build knowledge and understanding of autism, and to empower families and carers in their advocacy efforts.
• Delivery Model: Services are delivered via Regional Hubs (led by partners including the National Autistic Society and, from October 2025, Anna Freud).
• Peer Support: Peer Educators—who are parents or carers of autistic people—are trained to share lived experience and knowledge through group sessions (workshops, drop-ins, virtual meet-ups) and one-to-one chats.
• Online Resources: A dedicated website offers comprehensive, high-quality online learning materials on vital topics like diagnosis, employment, mental health, and navigating education and support

Dudley SENDIASS (special educational needs & disabilities information advice and support service) is running a range of online activities over the coming months to help parents and carers or young people with SEND.

Email: dudley.sendiass@dudley.gov.uk

Please use the link to the SENDIASS website below for more information:

Dudley Parent Carer Forum is an independent group of parent carers of children and young people (0-25 years) with disabilities and additional needs. The forum provides a safe environment for parent carers of children with disabilities or additional needs to share their thoughts and concerns and to empower them to have their voices heard in a way that influences change and service design.

Any parent carer of a child with a disability or additional needs, residing in Dudley borough can become a member. 

For more information contact the forum via their Facebook page, email: info@dudleyparentcarerforum.co.uk or via the website: