The Local Authority provides help and support for families and young people who have learning difficulties. The contact details for useful departments at London Borough of Hounslow are set out below.
There is also a range of charities and organisations which provide information and support to families with children and young people with different learning difficulties and conditions, for example, Down Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Dyslexia. Contact details are set out below.
Local Authority contact details
Family Information Service (FIS)
London Borough of Hounslow
Civic Centre, Orange Zone
Lampton Road, Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Telephone: 020 8583 3470
Email: fis@hounslow.gov.uk
Education and Learning
http://fsd.hounslow.gov.uk/kb5/hounslow/fsd/family.page?familychannel=2360
Special Needs Department
Head of SEN: Sonal Sisodia
Email: Sonal.Sisodia@hounslow.gov.uk
Telephone: 0208 583 2675
Educational Psychology Service
Educational Psychologists
Telephone: 020 8583 4188
School Transport
Telephone: 020 8583 4177
Email: schooltravelassistance@hounslow.gov.uk
Special Educational Needs
Children's and Adults’ Services
London Borough of Hounslow
Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
Helping HANDZ
Hounslow Children with a Disability Network
The network coordinator: Steve Devlin
Telephone: 0208 583 3626
Mobile: 07932 750 345 (you can text message to this number)
https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20080/children_with_disabilities/1303/helping_handz
Family Services Directory
Information on services and activities for families
http://fsd.hounslow.gov.uk/kb5/hounslow/fsd/home.page
External information, Help and Support for parents
Blind Children UK
http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/blindchildrenUK#.Wcova2hSyUk
British Dyslexia Association
http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/
British Institute of Learning Disabilities
http://www.bild.org.uk/
Communication Matters
http://www.communicationmatters.org.uk/
Department for Education
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
Down’s Syndrome Association
https://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/
Down Syndrome Research
http://www.dsrf-uk.org/
Dyspraxia Foundation UK
https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/
Education, training and skills
Schools and academies, further and higher education, apprenticeships and other skills training, student funding, early years.
https://www.gov.uk/education
Epilepsy Action
https://www.epilepsy.org.uk/
Mencap
https://www.mencap.org.uk/
National Association for Special Educational Needs
http://www.nasen.org.uk/
National Deaf Children’s Society
http://www.ndcs.org.uk/
Parents in Touch
The education site for parents.
https://parentsintouch.co.uk/
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association UK
http://www.pwsa.co.uk/
Royal National Institute of Blind People
http://www.rnib.org.uk/
Scope: About Disability
https://www.scope.org.uk/
Special Educational Needs Magazine
https://senmagazine.co.uk/
The Asperger's Syndrome Foundation
http://www.aspergerfoundation.org.uk/
The Communication Trust
http://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/
The Disabilities Trust
http://www.thedtgroup.org/
The Fragile X Society
http://www.fragilex.org.uk/
The National Autistic Society
http://www.autism.org.uk/
The National Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service
http://www.addiss.co.uk/
Tourettes Action
https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/