What we do
The pilot focuses on early support and intervention for neurodiverse children in the mainstream primary setting in Kirklees. It achieves this by bringing together VCSE, health, the local parent carer forum, the local authority, and education staff. The one-year pilot will “create environments that better meet neurodiverse children’s needs, ensuring they are able to thrive as part of their wider cohort”.
Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) will bring VCSE, health, LA and education specialists and expert parent carers into 14 mainstream primary settings to:
Help shape whole school SEND provision
provide early interventions at a school level
upskill school staff
support strengthening of partnerships between schools and parent carers
Bespoke staff training offered to 14 primary schools on meeting the needs of neurodivergent students as well as supporting change in school cultures and policies and procedures.
The schools receive five days’ worth of additional specialist support from Barnardo’s.
We can help with
- Advocating for children is at the heart of everything we do. We work to make sure children and young people with disabilities are included in community activities and decisions about themselves.
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- No matter how much you love each other, looking after your family can be tough at times. We provide training programmes and workshops, learning activities, community based development support and mediation services so families are supported so together they can thrive.
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- We provide high quality and high impact training to support a range of professionals working with children, young people and families. We have a clear focus on listening to the voices of children and young people and are child centered, promoting young people’s well-being, and safeguarding them from harm. Our extensive work and wide range of specialists across the country means we are well placed to understand both needs and challenges and to offer training and consultancy support to others.
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