Camden's Local Offer
Information about support for children
and young people (aged 0-25) with
special educational needs and
disabilities, and their families.
Useful Information
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Early intervention
Special educational needs (SEN) is a term that is used to describe the needs of children who have a learning difficulty or disability that needs more provision to be made for them than most other children of the same age. Camden schools often use the term ‘SEND’ to include disabilities as well. More… -
Receiving a medical diagnosis
All children are individual and will develop at different rates. However, to get a general idea ‘milestones’ are used to help track your child’s development and to give an indication as to whether they are progressing at a ‘typical’ rate. This page contains responses to the most commonly asked More… -
Education, Health & Care plans
Some children and young people with special educational needs do not make progress despite the early intervention support that is put in place for them (see the section on ‘Early intervention'). Children and young people with exceptional levels of special educational needs may require more More… -
Areas of special educational need / disability
Below you will find links to information on specific conditions. You can also visit the Contact a Family page where you will be able to find out up to date comprehensive information about many different diagnoses of disabilities and different conditions. -
Personal Budgets
Personal budgets are one part of a wider transformation programme which includes Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. -
Money matters - benefits and allowances
Caring for a child or young person with a special educational need or disability can involve extra or unexpected costs. There are various sources of financial support available to help with these costs, details of which can be found in the sections below. For general information,visit the More… -
Safeguarding and child protection
What does safeguarding mean? Safeguarding means protecting children and taking action when a child or young person is at risk of abuse, neglect or sexual exploitation. Protecting children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. If you have a safeguarding concern, contact the Children More…