SEND support groups and events

Making Sense of SEND are free events for parents/carers who have a child with SEND. They are also for professionals who work with them.

Each event has between 15-20 information stands. They'll give you the chance to:

• Visit information stands to learn about local services and support
• Listen to a talk on a specialist subject
• Ask questions
• Share ideas 

Next event

• Theme: My adult life
• Date: Thursday 19 September 2024
• Time: 10am-12pm
• Place: Charles Burrell Centre, Thetford
• Talk: Preparing for adult life

Go to Eventbrite to book your free place

Services attending this event

We (SEND Local Offer) will be there alongside:

• Norfolk SEND information advice and support service (SEND IASS): give SEND information, advice and support to children, young people, and parent/carers 
• Family Voice Norfolk: Norfolk's parent/carer forum who work with families and service providers. They help improve outcomes for children and young people living with SEND. 
• Healthwatch Norfolk: making sure NHS leaders and other decision-makers hear your voice 
• Vision Norfolk: support to vision impaired children and young adults aged 0-25 years, and their families through information, advice and guidance
• Travel independence training across Norfolk (TITAN): focuses on helping young people with SEND get skills for safe independent travel
• Norfolk and Waveney children and young person's health services: children's health information and advice and the delivery of speech and language services 
• Learning disability health checks: helping young people with a learning disability aged 14 or over get a yearly health check 
• Family hubs Norfolk: support for parents and carers of children and young people from birth to 19 (or 25 with SEND) 
• School and community teams: offer support to education settings and families 
• Kooth: provides free, safe and anonymous online mental health information and support for young people 11 -25, plus drop-in and bookable sessions with professional counsellors 
• Dyslexia outreach service (DOS): provide services to all schools and key stages. They offer advice and support, teaching strategies and inset training, as well as workshops and courses for parent carers. 
• Community Dental Services CiC: specialist dental care services for people with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties and severe anxiety, covering Norfolk and Waveney  
• Wellness on wheels bus: reaching out into communities to help people who find it difficult to access health and care 

Future events

• Tuesday 26 November 2024 (King's Centre, Great Yarmouth)
• Thursday 23 January 2025 (Cromer Parish Hall, Cromer)
• Wednesday 19 March 2025 (Knight's Hill Hotel, King's Lynn)
• Thursday 22 May 2025 (Fakenham Community Centre, Fakenham)
• Thursday 3 July 2025 (County Hall, Norwich)