Useful websites

We've compiled a list of useful websites for parent carers of Early Years children (aged 0-5) with special educational needs and disabilities.

• Autism Education Trust (AET) - helps children and young people with autism to receive an education, enabling them to reach their potential
• Autism West Midlands - autism advice and support
• Council for Disabled Children - umbrella body for the disabled children's sector bringing together professionals, practitioners and policy-makers
• Early Years SEND Partnership - brings together a significant amount of training, resources, support and an approach to sharing learning that was tried and tested in an earlier DfE-funded CDC project
• Eric - advice and ideas around toilet training
• Every Child a Talker (ECAT) - national project to develop the language and communication of children from birth to five years of age
• Feed Eat Speak - useful blogs on feeding
• Hands on as we grow - simple activities to do with your child
• I CAN Communication Trust - children's communication charity
• Learn and Thrive - Teach Me Too - free online library of educational videos and learning resources, designed for children with Down's Syndrome
• Learning to Talk - NHS better health, start for life
  
• National Association for Special Educational Needs (Nasen) - charity organisation that supports all education practitioners