The government has set out its plan to return life to as near normal as we can, for as many people as we can, as quickly and fairly as possible in order to safeguard livelihoods, but in a way that is safe and continues to protect our NHS.
Special Educational Needs and Disability, Information, Advice, Support Services are statutory services which provide information, advice and support to parents and carers of children and young people who have, or may have, special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, and young people themselves (16+).
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COVID-19 testing for parent carers
Unpaid carers such as parent carers with disabled children have now been added to the list of essential workers and those prioritised for COVID-19 testing in England.
On Friday 1st May, Contact launched a survey through the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) to help them gain more insight and evidence on the impact of lockdown on families with disabled children. The findings will be shared with government to influence their actions on the pandemic and beyond.
From Monday, HMRC are beginning to contact those self-employed people who may be eligible for government support through the Self-employment Income Support Scheme.
On 1st May 2020, the government updated guidance to provide an FAQ of Coronavirus questions and answers relating to schools and education.
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Support groups update
As we are not able to hold our support groups, we wanted to ask what parent carers in Bristol would find helpful:
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BBC Bitesize Parents’ Toolkit: SEND
The BBC have created a support resource on their BBC Bitesize page for parent carers with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) children to help you and your family during the lockdown.
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Update on activities
All Short Break providers are identifying vulnerable families and referring them to the Inclusion Service (with families’ permission) as well as keeping in regular phone contact with families of CYP who attend their service.
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Advice during the Coronavirus outbreak
Families are strongly advised to keep children at home to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus and keep vulnerable children and adults safe. If you cannot, or are a key worker, please contact your school for support.