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100% families completing our survey would recommend us to others!
Bolton IAS is a statutory service, that provide legally informed information, advice and support, to parents and carers who have children between birth and 25 years, with any type of SEND. We also support young people directly. We cover Education, Health and Social care matters. All IAS staff are qualified, skilled, parent carers themselves, and experienced in delivering information, advice and support. Local Authorities must have an IAS service.
We can give you advice and information on educational, health and social care matters relating to SEND, by phone, email, and in person
We can help you understand what support your child is/ isn't getting, and help you to secure support your child may need.
We host a range of free, legally informed workshops for families, in partnership with Bolton Parent Carer forum, covering many different SEND related topics
Things a little complex? We don't have an 'end date' for our work. We will stay with you for as long as there is a role for IAS- you will have an allocated worker who you can contact directly.
A single point of contact throughout this legal process, from paperwork and forms, to draft plans and appeals.
** Only for SEN children. We can support you with the whole process of exclusion- from understanding the initial decision, attending governing body meetings and challenging decisions, and helping you to move on to next educational steps
We can set up meetings on your behalf to get the right people around the table to start discussions. We can also support you in pre arranged meetings if you dont feel confident to attend on your own. Please note- we usually require a minimum of a weeks notice to attend a pre arranged meeting, and where we do not have staff available to attend, you will be offered the option of changing the date, or a preparation meeting with us beforehand, to help you attend the meeting on your own.
IAS will also support with setting up Early Help meetings and attending an Early Help review to keep things on track. IAS are unable to attend ongoing reviews.
At IAS we try and help wherever we can, but there are some things that we are not able to support with. These include;
Housing enquiries
Debt/ money/ benefit advice
Practical support at home
Practical support managing childrens behaviour
Supporting families who DONT have a child with SEN
Please look on the Local Offer for more help with these matters.
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