If your child is before school age and you are worried that your child might have Additional Needs or Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), there are people that can help.
The Early Years Area SENCO team can offer advice and support for children at home and in settings. There are also streams of funding available to support your child within an Early Years setting.
SENDLO Wirral
For more information about SEND, visit the SENDLO Wirral website. It provides information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in Wirral.
Early Intervention Team
The Early Intervention Team is a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with SEND and their families.
Setting Support
Our Area SENCOs can work with the setting to ensure the successful inclusion of the child.
Request support for a child
You can request support for a child using the online form below. You will be asked to set up a MyWirral account before you complete a request form. This is so that you can save the form if you need to come back to it.
Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund (SENIF)
The Special Educational Needs Inclusion Funding (SENIF) is available to promote the inclusion by Early Years Providers of children who have been early identified as needing additional support to access their funding entitlement.
The SENIF can be used to enhance staffing, purchase resources or allow staff to access Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
Disability Access Fund
If your child is in a setting and is receiving Disability Living Allowance, the setting can claim a one-off yearly payment to support them in the setting each year.
Short breaks for children with disabilities
Wirral Council provides and commissions short breaks for children with disabilities, including:
- youth and play activities
- specialist play schemes
- sporting activities
- creative workshops
- sitting services
- residential overnight stays
- family-based overnight stays
- after school clubs
- direct payments
- leisure Link programme