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  • Special educational needs and disabilities

    • Babies and young children
      • Brighton & Hove Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy 2021 to 2026
      • Brighton & Hove Early Years Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) guide for professionals
      • What special educational needs and disabilities means
      • Health checks to find out if your child needs extra help
      • Get help if you’re worried about your child’s development or learning
      • Get social care support with special educational needs and disabilities
      • Find childcare and early education
      • How early years and childcare providers support children
      • How early years and childcare providers can get funding to support children with SEND
      • Check if your child can get an education, health and care (EHC) plan
      • Find fun activities for children with special educational needs or disabilities
      • Find short breaks for children with special needs and disabilities
      • Tell us what you think about our Local Offer
      • Contact Local Offer
      • How to complain about a SEND issue
      • Contact children and learning

    • School age children
      • What special educational needs and disabilities means
      • Get help if you’re worried about your child’s development or learning
      • How schools and colleges support children and young people
      • How to apply for a school place if your child has special educational needs or disabilities
      • Get help for children and young people who have social communication difficulties
      • Check if your child can get an education, health and care (EHC) plan
      • Find short breaks for children with special needs and disabilities
      • Compass card
      • Tell us what you think about our Local Offer
      • Contact Local Offer
      • How to complain about a SEND issue
      • Contact children and learning

    • Teenagers and young adults
      • Brighton & Hove Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy 2021 to 2026
      • What special educational needs and disabilities means
      • Get help if you’re worried about your child’s development or learning
      • Get social care support with special educational needs and disabilities
      • Help with transport and getting around the city
      • How schools and colleges support children and young people
      • How schools are funded to support children with SEND
      • How to apply for a school place if your child has special educational needs or disabilities
      • Check if your child can get an education, health and care (EHC) plan
      • Get ready for adult life
      • Help if you're a student with a learning difficulty, health problem or disability
      • Find fun activities for children with special educational needs or disabilities
      • Tell us what you think about our Local Offer
      • Contact Local Offer
      • How to complain about a SEND issue

    • Parents and carers
      • What special educational needs and disabilities means
      • Health checks to find out if your child needs extra help
      • Get help if you’re worried about your child’s development or learning
      • Get social care support with special educational needs and disabilities
      • Find support groups for parents and carers
      • Get counselling help if you're a parent or carer
      • Find short breaks for children with special needs and disabilities
      • Benefits and grants to help with special educational needs and disabilities
      • Tell us what you think about our Local Offer
      • Contact Local Offer
      • How to complain about a SEND issue
      • Contact children and learning

    • Get help outside of Brighton & Hove
      • Brighton & Hove Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Strategy 2021 to 2026
      • Tell us you're moving and your child has SEND
      • Get help with special educational needs or disabilities outside Brighton & Hove

Sight and hearing difficulties

Support for children with sight and hearing difficulties.

The Hearing Support Facility at Bevendean School

Based at Bevendean Primary School, the HSF offers supported access to mainstream primary education.

Springboard pre-school group for children

Springboard is a service for families with pre-school children who have a hearing loss. 

Time Out!, Kids' BSL Club and Youth Club

Time Out! is the Sensory Needs Service's Saturday club for hearing impaired children. We have one session each month on a Saturday or soemtimes on Sundays.

Children's Hearing Services Working Group (CHSWG)

A locally based multi-agency group working together to best provide for, and meet the needs of, all children within our area who have been identified as having a hearing loss.

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