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Consultant paediatrician
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A doctor that specialises in treating children. They help with detecting and keeping an eye on the health of children with SEN.
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Education social worker
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Help’s make sure children with special educational needs (SEN) fully benefit from their education. They monitor school attendance, child employment, transport, neglect and holiday schemes.
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Health visitor
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A nurse with extra training to advise on health issues and progress of children. They work with you, health providers and schools.
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Hearing/vision support service advisory teacher
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A teacher that has extra training in teaching children with sight or hearing difficulties. They can assess their problems and give advice about how best to teach them.
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Learning support teacher
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a teacher with extra training in teaching children who have specific literacy or numeracy difficulties, like dyslexia and dyscalculia or general language issues.
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Special educational needs inclusion officer (SIO) and assistant (ASIO)
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People who work with, advice and support parents with SEN procedures. They do the case work for assessments and reviews.
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Early Years SEN Officers
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They provide support to children with SEN in early years settings, such as pre-schools, nurseries, childminders and parent & toddler groups.
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Independent supporters
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Help families with children who are getting an education, health & care plan (EHCP) or are switching from a statement of special educational needs (SSEN) to an EHCP.
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Occupational therapists
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Trained to assess and treat children with physical disabilities. They give rehabilitation and advice about exercises and equipment or other support the child may need.
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Physiotherapist
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Trained in assessing and treating children who have difficulty moving, or with physical development issues like balance or walking. They advise schools about support they can put in place.
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Portage work
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They perform home visits with parents of children who are pre-school age and have developmental delay in at least two areas or other SEN. They give advice and support.
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SEN coordinator (SENCO)
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A teacher at your child’s nursery, school or college who is responsible for the SEN provision.
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Social workers
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Trained to give support and advice to families. They can also offer help like counselling, therapy or activities.
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Speech and language therapists
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Trained to diagnose and treat children with communication difficulties. They can help the child directly but mainly advise parents and schools about other ways to help them.
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Teaching assistant
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They help teachers at school to give extra support to children with SEN and make sure they get the right amount of attention. They are sometimes called a special needs support assistant, or learning support assistant.
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Youth advisors
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Give help and advice to young people ages between 13-19 (13-25 with SEND) about moving in to higher education, training and employment.
You can find out more on the B-Town Youth website.
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