Parents and carers of youngsters with special educational needs and disabilities are being invited to attend a support drop-in session in Keynsham next month.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is holding a two-hour session, which includes a series of workshops, on Friday 4th November from 10am-12 noon, at the Community Space, above Keynsham Library and Information Service.
A range of professionals from different support services will be at the event for parents and carers to talk to.
These include Educational Psychology, Sendias, Speech & Language Therapy, B&NES Carers’ Centre, Bath and North East Somerset Community Health and Care Services Autism Service (HCRG) and Attendance & Welfare Support Service.
Other organisations taking part include the Education Inclusion Service, Off The Record – Shout Out advocacy, Bath Rugby Foundation, Fosseway School – Project Search internship programme at the RUH, the Library Service, Mentoring Plus, Bath College, B&NES Parent Carer Forum, Specialist Autism Support Service (SASS) @ Fosseway School and Live Well B&NES.
There will be a timetable of workshops for people to take part in if they want to and details will be shared on www.facebook.com/livewellbathnes.
There is no need to book, just go along on the day.
Councillor Dine Romero, cabinet member for Children, Young People and Communities, said: “We want to raise awareness of this event and reach as many parent carers as we can.
“It is a drop-in session and anyone who comes along will have the chance to talk to a large range of support services for advice on the issues they might be dealing with as a parent carer of a child or young person with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”