Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

Listening and Understanding Language

Listening skills: Attention and listening skills are fundamental for developing communication skills and learning in the classroom. It requires concentration, and the ability to ignore information that we don’t need. Listening involves hearing and remembering what is heard, and finding the information you need to understand (auditory processing). It involves: What can you do in […]

Advice and Resources

The SEND Code of Practice states that a graduated approach to meeting the needs of all children and young people including those with SEND should be used. The vast majority of children and young people will have their needs met through high-quality teaching which is known as ‘universal support’. At the heart of this guidance and advice […]

Testimonials

Katie’s story “My children can just be themselves and have fun, with no judgments” (names and ages have been anonymised) Katie and her husband have two children, aged 8 and 12. Katie works with neurodiverse children and so was already aware of the signs and symptoms of a range of different learning disabilities. A hidden […]

Members of our Team

My name is Anneline Flood, and I am qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC. My 20 year mental health career spans various settings across many London boroughs; across the range of severity of mental health concerns, emotional concerns, and neurodevelopmental differences; across the range of age, culture and ethnicities, religion, and socio-economic status. Post-doctoral qualification […]

Resources

Please choose from the options below Social Communication Autism Service Resource List AET Transition-Toolkit Secondary school transition pack template Autism Service Pupil Transition Booklet Passport A5 Doublesided leaflet Example of child’s primary transition book Template for transition book for receiving teacher Transition between year groups Y8 demo book Transition tips for all year groups Tips […]

Welcome information – Autism service

Meeting our service Cognus Autism Service is an education support service. We promote an inclusive education for young people with social communication difficulties, or a diagnosis of autism. Our service resources helps schools tailor their environment. This enables celebration of the way autistic students learn and interact with the world. We work with early years, […]

Autism Acceptance Week events for 2024

A celebration of Autism Acceptance Events 2024 Artistic and Autistic Exhibition Please click on each of the images below to view the events for each week. Please follow the link to make bookings for sessions via Eventbrite Parents and Professionals Young People and Families More events and activities confirmed! The Sutton Independent Travel Training Workshop […]

Assisted Travel Forms

Please download these forms if required Travel Assistance Application form (online form) Epilepsy Care Plan Epi-Pen Care Plan

Special Educational Needs

SEND Support Plan A child or young person has SEND if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she: Each child identified as requiring special educational provision should have a SEND Support Plan (SSP) (also called […]

Sutton IASS (SIASS)

SIASS offer free, impartial, confidential support for 0-25 year olds with SEND in Sutton. To visit our dedicated website, please click on the link SIASS (external website) To contact us: Our service operates year-round (including school holidays), Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Email Sutton@SIASS.co.uk Or call us at 0208 323 0462 (please note, during busy periods it may take up […]