The Family and Childcare Trust want to speak to parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities in England. Is this for you?
Pip Dorkings writes: We are making a series of short films with parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities offering advice to other parents about accessing, choosing and paying for childcare. There will also be a written version of top tips.
These are funded by the Department for Education and will be shared on our website, through our network of Family Information Services and with other partners in the childcare sector.
These stories will be compiled over the next few months (likely to be filmed in February) and we would like to speak to as many parents as possible. We want to hear from parents about:
- Benefits of childcare – for child and the whole family
- Barriers they have overcome to be able to get the childcare they want
- Overcoming concerns and anxieties of staff at childcare settings towards taking a child with special educational needs and disabilities
- Overcoming their own anxiety about using childcare
- Funding they have accessed and how – specifically to pay for childcare
- Local services or particular people who have helped in finding, paying and using childcare
- Being able to use the same childcare for non-disabled siblings
- Transport issues to and from out of school club
- Childcare for older children- age appropriate activities
- Any nurseries, after school clubs and childminders who are very inclusive and what they have done to ensure each child has the same play and learning opportunities
Plus any other issues that parents feel they could pass on information to other parents concerning childcare for their disabled child or child with special educational needs.
By contacting us there is no commitment to take part; we just want to hear from parents and talk about the advice they would pass on to other parents who are looking for childcare.
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