Does your child experience problems with bullies at school? Is he or she dealing with a learning disability or other medical condition? Are you unsure about how to hire an au pair or nanny? Click on the links below for help pages on these and other topics:
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For cerebal palsy children and associated disabilities. The centre provides pre-school education for children 0-5 years. We belong to scope's network of schools for parents using methods inspired by those of the Peto Institute in Hungary. Programmes are designed to stimulate and awaken the child's senses and encourage self awareness through activities which are fun for both parent and child.
Fleet Tutors
Helping Students Achieve Their Potential
(0845) 6445452
Fleet Tutors is a leading tuition agency with over 30 years experience helping students of all ages and abilities achieve their potential. Their highly selected, experienced and qualified tutors provide one-to-one tuition in the comfort of your home.
All subjects are offered at all levels including nursery, primary/preparatory, school entry exams (4/7/8/11/13+), Common Entrance, Scholarship, SATS, AS & A-level, university and adult. Qualified tutors are also available to help young people with special needs such as dyslexia.
Recommended by The Good School Guide and national press, Fleet Tutors requires tutors to go through a rigorous screening process before joining the agency. As a result, tutors from Fleet Tutors deliver impressive and measurable results. Many have been working through the company for more than a decade helping students gain admission at highly selective schools and universities.
By phoning the central number above, you can find a local tutor throughout most south and central England. Local branch numbers are available along with more information on the company website. Fleet Tutors is a CRB registered body.
Incy Wincy are the one-stop shop for all your swimming needs for babies and children aged up to 8 years.
Our online shop offers a fantastic selection of beachwear and swimming aids to delight all children and please mums and dads too! Our range includes swim nappies, sun protection swimwear, flotation aids, wetsuits for babies and toddlers, regulation swimwear for older children and a range of sun and swim accessories. We also have a range of swim nappies, float jackets and float swimsuits for Special Needs in sizes Age 3 to Adults.
Please log onto our easy to use website where you will see our full range of products or contact us on the above number where we will be happy to help you with any queries you may have.
ASPIRE - The Association for Spinal Injury Research, Re-habilitation and Re-integration. This training centre is the first of its kind in Europe, it's equally suitable for everyBODY. 25 metre swimming pool, gym and dance studio.
We do all sorts of sports parties including swimming, football, basketball, cricket, netball and rounders. Can't decide which party to have? Try a 'Megamix' party!
Belgrave School
(0117) 974 3133
Belgrave School is a small, happy school for children (5 - 13 years) with a specific difficulty. Specific difficulties may range from dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, Aspergers and mild autism.
Belgrave School aims to deliver a comprehensive learning programme, which produces happy, confident children, who are proud of their achievements.
SenseToys offers practical information and an interesting range of toys and activities for pre-school children and particularly for children with special educational needs – all based on first hand experience!
The emphasis of our resources to promote the acquisition of language through play for both verbal and non-verbal children.
SenseToys was set up by parents of two children with special needs, one with a language delay and one with autism. The carefully selected range of resources aim at helping children acquire language through play by helping to make learning fun and rewarding. Even the most ordinary toys can help your child if you know how to use them effectively.
The range includes thick wooden jigsaws with simple non-stylised pieces, lovely fabric beanie bags to teach shapes and colours, threading activities with large holes and chunky pieces, cause and effect toys and a great selection of tactile and sensory balls for lots of squishy bouncy fun. We also now include basic games and actvities to help with alphabet, counting and language concepts such as prepositions, opposites, small medium and large and we have a new range of toys to facilitate construction play.
Brainwave is an independent Charity based in Bridgwater, providing developmental therapy for children who have both physical and cognitive disabilities, whether caused by brain injury,genetic abnormality, or accident.
A programme of physical and cognitive exercises is designed by the therapy team according to each child’s very specific needs. These exercises are taught to the child’s parents and carers who carry out the programme in the comfort and familiarity of the family home; through which 80% of children make measurable improvements and some achieve a degree of independence far beyond their families’ expectations.
1500 children have benefited from the Brainwave Programme since the Charity was established in 1982.
Whizz-Kidz is a national charity that improves the quality of life of disabled children and young people up to 18 by providing them with customised mobility equipment such as powered wheelchairs.
We also offer wheelchair skills training, advice and information and campaign to raise awareness of disabled young people's needs. Many of those we help become members of our Kidz Board, acting as our ambassadors and getting involved in projects and events.
Through this support Whizz-Kidz has given nearly 4,000 disabled children and young people the chance to enjoy an independent life at home, at school and at play.
The Parent Support Service, run by a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, provides practical, professional guidance for common parenting concerns such as: difficulties with children and adolescents' behaviour; problems with eating and sleeping and strained family relationships. A range of convenient and flexible support options are available including prompt advice via phone and email, as well as face-to-face guidance for parents in Bristol (UK) and the surrounding area. The service specialiases in increasing parents' understanding of their child's behaviour and equipping parents with practical strategies for improving family relationships.
The Parent Support Service also provides psychological therapy for children and adolescents, using brief, evidence based techniques to address emotional concerns such as: anxiety; fears & phobias; depression; low self-esteem; obsessive thoughts & compulsive behaviours and post traumatic stress.
“We are delighted with your service and with the gorgeous clothes for George and Lily. George will not take his vest off! We are telling all our friends.”Josie L, London.
All our clothing and bedding is well-made, is ethically produced, and is designed especially for little ones. Come and have a look!
Craniosacral Therapy for Children and Adults - Judith Timmins RCST
The Old Stables, Rectory Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 0TL
(01787) 881298
Craniosacral Therapy is a gentle, safe and relaxing therapy, suitable for all children, even newborns. It employs the lightest touch to pick up and treat imbalances in the system.
It is excellent for helping overcome such problems as colic, sleeping and feeding problems, fractiousness, birth trauma and glue ear. It is also helpful with learning and behavioural disorders, cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome and autism.
It is the best start in life to give every baby a post-natal check, since it may be able to help avoid some health issues in later life. Older children also benefit, especially at particularly challenging times and problems such as headaches, constipation and nightmares can be addressed. CST often has the effect of enabling a child (or adult) to find his centre again, when things have gone off course. I also use Flower Essences which are a wonderful gentle support with fears, confidence issues, jealousy and other emotional difficulties.
I have been qualified for over 12 years and regularly treat children of all ages. CST is, of course, equally effective for adults, assisting with a wide range of physical, emotional and stress-related problems. I have experience in the areas of fertility, pregnancy, preparation for childbirthandrecovery afterwards. I practise from Ipswich, Woodbridge and Great Waldingfield.
For more information read my entry on www.windmillnaturalhealth.co.uk or feel free to call me just for a chat.
British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy
(020) 7435 7830
The college holds a free weekly clinic for children treating many conditions including: asthma, eczema, hyperactivity and weight problems.
Ursual Matthews - Craniosacral Therapy
(020) 8360 3025
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY FOR BABIES AND CHILDREN
Does your baby or child suffer:
Crying, Irritability
Feeding Difficulties
Sickness, Colic
Sleep Disturbance
Infections
Ear Infections
Asthma
Sinus and Adenoidal Problems
Behaviour Problems
Hearing Difficulties
Headaches and Pains
And More.
Craniosacral Therapy helps the body's inherent healing ability to release stresses and strains, caused by enormous forces the baby is subjected to during the birth process. It will help the system to resolve the problem and work in a more balanced way.
For further information please call the number above.
The Special Yoga Centre
The Special Yoga Centre is a beautiful Yoga Centre based in Kensal Rise, NW10, near Queens Park. We hold a range of classes for children including; yoga for children from 3-5, 5-7 and 8-11 & 11-14; Kung Fu for kids 7-12; yoga for mums and babies; baby massage; fun-filled family yoga. Plus for exhausted mums we offer Meditation and Yoga classes for women only. We also have a Mums, Bumps and Babes drop-in on Thursday afternoons from 1:30pm - a chance for mums and mums-to-be to get together.
We also hold great Pre and Post natal workshops on such as Breath to a Better Birth, among others. The Centre is a charity and is the UK home of Yoga for the Special ChildLLB Programme offering yoga therapy and classes for infants and children with special needs. All classes and therapies are available at concession rates.
The Centre’s teacher training programmes consist of: Yoga for Children with Special Education Needs (Autism, ADD, ADHD, Global Development Delay), Teaching Yoga to Children, Yoga for Teenagers and Yoga for the Special Child™. The Centre also promotes yoga in schools and in children and community centres.
Information on classes and workshops is available by calling 0208 968 1900 or emailing info@specialyoga.org.uk.
Unit 4, Ranson Dock, 35-37 Park Gate Road, London SW11 4NP
(0800) 7838669
Allergy Testing and Homeopathic Treatment.
Homeopathy is a system of natural medicine that is absolutely safe for children and treats physical and emotional issues. Battersea Homeopathic Practices offer mothers-to-be and children and adults of all ages an extensive range of homeopathic treatments covering a wide range of ailments. We can fortify your child’s health if they suffer from recurrent infections. We have a 90% success rate in treating eczema. We offer Bioresonance testing and treatment using the Quantum QXCi program.
We can also improve your child’s behaviour, concentration and efficiency in school. Sleep problems can also benefit from our treatments. All this and more can be improved with homeopathy, allergy testing and nutritional assessment.
Please contact the practice for full details.
Mobile: (07850) 373537
RwRR
(01344) 429599
Is your child/adult learner struggling with spelling and related skills? Is your child/adult learner underachieving or is possibly dyslexic? Do you want to see him/her succeed NOW?
RwRR can help you. RwRR (Read it wRite it Remember it) is a unique multisensory STRATEGY, which deals with common areas of failure regarding spelling and related skills and due to its flexible nature it can be tailor-made to individual, group or class needs with little or no preparation.
Our selection of workbooks, flashcards and guides give parents and teachers the tools to help learners acquire the necessary skills for confident spelling. This will in turn help with better long and short-term memory, better concentration, improved self-esteem and encourages independent learning.
Visit our website today and discover an exciting way forward and one you will want to tell others about!
Provision of riding lessons for disabled people of all ages and standards. Open seven days a week. Fun and physiotherapy combined.
Pure Living Collection
(0844) 8000097
Pure Living Collection is an online store that sells a fabulous range of luxurious duvets, pillows, mattress protectors and associated bedding products. This website offers invaluable advice on the most appropriate bedding available for children.
Children just love the feel of the soft light-weight, hypoallergenic Spundown Duvets. Mums love them too, for this is the award winning duvet that just loves to be washed, time and time again. For summer the 3.0 tog Pure Cotton Duvet is a popular choice of children’s duvet as it will help your child maintain a regular temperature on warm summer nights.
The polyester hollow-fibre filling of the Anti Allergy Duvets and Pillows contain material in which house dust mites cannot live, thus playing a major role in helping to relieve allergies caused by them. Alternatively, the Anti Allergy Duvet, Pillow and Mattress Protectors all provide an effective barrier between your child and the dust mites and their allergens.
Pure Living Collection also offers some pillows with slightly less filling and therefore perfect for smaller shoulders, whilst waterproof mattress protectors offer their mattresses protection against those all too common accidents and spills.
The three wheel All Terrain and Sports pushchair specialists
(01455) 550600
KidSense specialise in all weather, All Terrain Pushchairs for children from birth - choose the buggy to suit your needs and lifestyle. We stock top brand names including Alu-Rax, Instep, Mountain Buggy and XTS all at competitive prices. Our pushchairs are safe, comfortable and a dream to push.
KidSense is also the UK distributor of Baby Jogger, Dreamer Design and EasyLife products.
Our range includes a comprehensive choice of twin strollers as well as triple and special needs options from Baby Jogger and Dreamer Design.
For impartial and experienced advice, please call us on the number above.
Outward Bound® is the organisation for outdoor adventure in Britain, for all young people aged 11-24. With four great centres in some of the UK’s most beautiful and inspiring locations, there’s plenty on our doorsteps to excite, challenge, motivate and engage participants. We take young people out into the fells, lakes, mountains and lochs, under the constant guidance and expert supervision of our outstanding outdoor instructors. Kayaking on the Dovey estuary, climbing Ben Nevis, camping overnight in the Lake District, sailing on Lake Ullswater or journeying across the Highlands by canoe and on foot, are just some of the fantastic adventures that young people will take part in. It’s a great way to make new friends and meet people from all walks of life, both from the UK and abroad.
Our residential courses run throughout the summer, with a choice of either 1-week activity and adventure courses or 3-week expedition and wilderness journeys.
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) is the umbrella body for the disabled children’s sector in England, with links to the other UK nations.
We are not resourced to provide advice or support directly to families with disabled children or children with SEN. We signpost families on to relevant organisations. Visit our website for information on national policy that impacts upon disabled children and children with special educational needs (SEN) and their families as well as details of organisations that provide advice and support.
The Traditional Saturday School is a nationwide organisation which helps small groups of children aged 7-12. Improve reading, writing, spelling and boost SATS grades. Tutors are qualified, experienced, vetted and insured.
Classes contain no more than 6 children and each pupil has an individual programme. A course comprises ten 2hr sessions.
Children quickly become more confident and motivated to achieve success. Structured homework tasks and games provided. Diagnostic testing for children aged 4 to 15 years.
For those families seeking help and advice regarding children's behavioural and emotional problems. The approach taken is to examine parents childhood experiences and their own parenting practices, their own emotions and expectations of their child with a view to making adjustments to the way they deal with their child.
37 years experience of clinical psychology with children and parents including 32 years within the NHS. Face to face one hour appointments in London and Bristol.
Please contact us on the above number.
Break
(01263) 822161
Break provides a range of specialist care service for children and young people in need. This includes fully supported holidays and respite care for children with learning disabilities, including those with high level needs and behavioural difficulties. While on holiday at Break, guests enjoy a full range of activities and daily outings, all supported by a skilled and professional staff team. There is a soft play room, sensory room, heated swimming pool and each bedroom has it’s own wash basin and tv/video for guests.
Break also has adapted self-catering chalets which provide a low cost base for a wonderful family holiday in the West Country and France.
Please call us for more details – and you can enjoy a holiday to remember with Break.
Frewen College has been providing specialist support for young people with dyslexia and other related needs for over 60 years. Both Junior and Senior schools are based in beautiful surroundings in the Wealden countryside, on the borders of Kent and Sussex with extensive grounds and playing fields. We offer day and boarding places for children aged 6 – 16 years, at present boarding is only available to boys, girls will be accepted from September 2009.
We provide a unique combination of curricular and pastoral support. Every pupil is seen as equal with individual talents and abilities. Developing these talents is central to the education we provide. Our experienced team, most of whom have specialist dyslexia training, will do all they can to help pupils overcome their problems in the way that best suits the individual child and help them fulfil their full potential. We maintain average class sizes at below six, and one to one mentoring is available when needed.
Frewen College is one of a few schools which is a charity run by an independent educational trust.
Drug free, natural and non-invasive treatment of development and learning problems, including:
Dyslexia
Dysphasia
Dyspraxia
Hyperactivity
Panic Attacks
The David Mulhall Centre was opened in 1995 and has since successfully treated thousands of children and adults. Please phone, write or e-mail for an initial consultation.
Child Educational Assessments - Comprehensive Written Reports - Dyslexia Diagnosis & Coaching - Private Tutorials for Maths, English, SATs and GCSE. Ages 4 - 16 year olds.
The Hope Centre for Cognitive Education
(020) 8450 1121
Hope is a unique non-denominational charity for children. The Hope Centre for Cognitive Education is dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of learning potential using the methodology of Professor Feuerstein. The Centre helps students with a variety of learning and developmental difficulties ranging from bright under-achievers to those with complex needs including autistic spectrum disorders, ADHD, Downs Syndrome.
The methods include Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment programme (IE) a structured thinking skills programme taught individually or in groups and is designed to complement and underpin a regular school curriculum and Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) which develops the learner’s cognitive functions. Mediated Learning involves the child as an active participant in the learning process, making the child consciously aware of how he is thinking. The Centre works as a multi-disciplinary team and actively encourage parents to become mediators with their own children and are invited to participate in teaching sessions.
Established for over 20 years TFH are providers of carefully selected fun products designed to help you or those in your care enjoy life, and achieve more. Positive experiences unlock potential and so our "toys" will lead to functional as well as emotional benefits including:
Controlled sensory input stimulates exploration of the environment.
Practicing fine and gross-motor movement develops and retains skills.
Responsive equipment aids self-awareness, a stepping-stone towards responsibility.
Positioning devices and swings help coordination, confidence and self-regulation.
Participation in turn-taking games encourages socialization.
Interactive Equipment empowers the user, leading to independence.
Order our free colour catalogue or visit our website to stimulate your imagination, begin programs, or reinforce encouraged behaviours, there is a lot that we can achieve…while having Fun.
The New Eccles Hall School is set in beautiful grounds in rural Norfolk near the Cambridgeshire and Suffolk borders. We are a mainstream, independent school with Nursery, Junior and Secondary departments and we have day pupils and weekly boarders.
Our Individual Tuition Unit provides strong support for pupils with special educational needs and we have many years' experience in helping with dyslexia, dyspraxia, aspergers, Specific Learning Difficulties and Communication Difficulties.
Pure Baby is the exciting new range of infant products from America. They are hypoallergenic, 100% fragrance and dye free with added vitamins and natural ingredients as well as dermatologist recommended.
Pure Baby began with a frustrated mother whose six month old son's cradle cap was so bad it was in his eyebrows, when nothing over the counter worked she researched the ingredients of many products, cooked them in her microwave, when it cooled she applied to her son's head, his cradle cap was gone in two days, applying the same technique to eczema, Pure Baby was born.
Pure Baby for all the family, all skin colours and all skin types from normal to dry, irritated skin, cradle cap and eczema. Pure Baby is America's first product line designed specifically for cradle cap and eczema.
Access Education was founded in 1982. We are a small friendly team, all with Masters degrees. The vast majority of clients are within the educational system and can benefit from exam concessions. Our DSA reports are a great help to students in H.E.
There are a number of reasons for failing to reach potential, of which specific developmental dyslexia is one. Although we specialise in the assessment and remediation of dyslexia, our educational assessments are aimed at anyone who is underachieving.
The sooner a child is diagnosed, the better the outcome. Good written language depends on mind and body working in unison. Remediation is aimed at correcting any imbalance.
Do not delay, call us now on (01590) 643440 or look at our website.
Greenbank Lane, Sefton park, Liverpool, Merseyside
(0151) 225 8933
Sports academy with football coaching run by fully qualified football coach. Coaching given to children aged 8-18 years every Monday from 5pm - 6.30pm. Caters for special needs.
Astric Medical
(01273) 716516
Bedwetting (Nocturnal Enuresis) is a very easily cured condition in the average period of only eight weeks.
The Astric Dry Bed was invented 50 years ago and has been continually updated since then; it is the role model of all modern enuresis alarms.
The Astric Dry Bed is available from NHS clinics as well as direct from the manufacturers. It can be purchased outright for £99 or hired by the month for £40
The Astric Dry Bed has been examined, tested and approved by the Medical Devices Agency as a Class 1 Medical Device complying with the very strict EEC and UK Safety Requirements.
Click on our website for full details or email: info@astric-medical.co.uk
Formative Fun supports children through their learning years.
All our products are selected with great care and are appealing to all children and particularly useful for children with learning difficulties such as dyspraxia, dyslexia, autism, down's syndrome and visual and hearing impairment.
Our range encourages learning from birth and covers all areas of the National Curriculum. We look at key products for each stage of development. Products available include pretend and construction games, videos, puzzles, tapes, wall charts, CD roms and also a large range of indoor and outdoor play equipment.
Please contact the above number for your nearest shop or to order a catalogue.
MOVE
(020) 7407 5344
MOVE is a national charity working with severely disabled children in a Programme designed to increase their mobility and therefore their independence.
MOVE combines therapy and education in a programme which helps children work towards goals that they really want to achieve, which can range from learning to hold their head up by themselves to learning the skills needed to play football with their friends using a pacer. MOVE is unique in that no child is too disabled to use it and works with the child’s parents, teachers and therapists to teach them skills which are then practised in everyday life, enabling parents to be involved in key decision making and instrumental in their child’s development.
Visit our website or call us on 020 7407 5344 to find out more information, speak to a specialist or a parent of a child already on the programme or to visit a school using MOVE.
Address: Unit C, 15 Bell Yard Mews, Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3TY Email: move@move-europe.org.uk
New Place, Allington Lane, Westend, Southampton SO30 3HQ
(023) 8047 3693
Group lessons and Private Group lessons, ‘Ride With Your Mind’ Coaching and exam training. We also work with special needs individually, offer tutoring in caring of your animal and we are a Pony club centre.
Russell’s Livery offers full facilities. We can look after your horse or pony for you.
Epona Trust is a non-profit making organisation that re-habilitates horses and ponies. Horses and ponies available for loan.
Sylvia Knight Dip.C.G., Dip A. Psych.
93 Byng Drive, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1UJ
(01707) 658636
Retired teacher offers private or paired tuition for children aged 4-11. Preparation for SATS and selective tests. Special programmes for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia or dyspraxia using tapes and varied educational materials.
Gentle support encourages confidence and steady progression. Being a qualified teacher, counsellor and psychodynamic psychologist Sylvia Knight offers understanding therapy and a way forward for all members of families under stress, often marked by children's difficulties at school. Poor results, bullying and absenteeism may follow moving home, bereavement or relationship problems.
E-Mail: knightpottersbar@talk21.com
Heathermount, The Learning Centre
(01344) 875101
Provision for students aged 3-19 years.
We offer a STAR service.
Support and Training for Parents.
Training for Professionals
Autism Specific training validated by Oxford Brooks University
Resources for Practitioners
This is an effective school with excellent features. The pupils develop very good social and communication skills which allows them to make good progress in their learning.
Heathermount is a regional Training Centre for Sherborne Developmental Movement and Massage in Schools.
Heathermount is part of The Disability Trust Organisation offering services for children and adults with Autism.
Established in 1994 Teach UK provides high quality and innovative after school clubs, specialised projects and school holiday workshops in the performing arts, science, and other areas of the National Curriculum for children of all abilities aged 4-15 years.
Our professionally qualified staff work closely with schools and educational authorities to provide fun and stimulating activities tailored to each individual’s educational and artistic requirements. Children are encouraged to develop their natural talents as well as improve teamwork abilities, increase confidence and develop people and social skills. We can also provide personal coaching for specialist needs such as speech development and elocution.
Help your children beat that summer holiday boredom with our workshops where they will be inspired, challenged, achieve great things, and above all, HAVE FUN!
We also organise fantastic parties for any age group including art, drama and dance parties, Murder Mystery parties, learn to DJ parties and more.
At Thomas Wolsey we provide a rich, stimulating, and rewarding environment in which pupils and students flourish and develop. We believe that all pupils/students have the ability to learn and achieve.
Thomas Wolsey's Outreach Project was started in the summer of 2000 to support the successful inclusion of children with difficulties into mainstream schools. All the staff at Thomas Wolsey School make an ongoing commitment to working with children with complex physical and educational needs and are skilled in providing a rich educational setting in which everyone can learn together.
It is our aim:
To teach the skills and knowledge to develop the understanding each pupil/student needs to play a full part in their local community and the wider world.
To develop confident, happy pupils and students who can make their own decisions, contribute to their own development and make choices about their own lifestyles.
To teach each pupil/student to respect life and recognise the needs of other people as well as their own.
To provide a broad and balanced curriculum designed to seek the highest possible achievements for all pupils/students.
The Disability Martial Arts Association was sent up in January 2007 We are a wide supporting network for people with disabilities and their families who are or who wish to be involved in martial arts.
We have set up a data base of Martial Arts Academy’s School’s and Club’s in the UK. That will teach people with all types of disabilities. When people phone us up we can give them a telephone number of the said organisation.
We have joined forces with Sho~Shin Budo Kwai, who run a summer camp every August information will be on our website. We have also joined forces with the Disability Martial Arts Festival. The Festival was started by the late Terry Taylor.
Established for nine years, Toybox offers a professional tailor made service to all our clients. We provide permanent staff for families, nurseries, playschemes and schools, covering Sussex, Surrey and South London as well as having an established emergency staff team for staff sickness and holidays. Overseas positions with families and Mark Warner are available for permanent and temporary assignments. Applicants are personally interviewed, police checked through CRB and all references checked before being sent out on assignments.
A member of the Federation of Small Businesses, Care Standards and Best Bear, we pride ourselves in the quality of our service.
All consultants are trained professionals and most are qualified Nursery Nurse or carers.
Please call: (01883) 722322 for Sussex, Surrey and London areas. (020) 8686 1766 for South London area.
Pekko’s Puppets
(020) 8575 2311
Established in 1982, we provide a wide range of top quality puppet shows (and workshops) covering all age ranges between three and twelve. The repertoire is varied; folk tales, fairy tales, adaptations of short stories, legends, original stories, humorous verse.
Pekko's Puppets perform in theatres, arts centres, schools, libraries, parks, festivals, halls and private houses. Stephen Novy is equally at home with an under-five's birthday party, a full school hall, or with a theatre audience of seven to eleven year olds and their parents.
Accessible holidays for disabled people and families in Brittany, France. We can provide accessible accommodation, transport and a support service. We try to make your holiday as "hassle free" as possible. From self catering to luxury hotels we can offer you confidence with accessibility. Contact us for more information.
(01628) 621216
Location: Contact us to find out if we have a programme running in your area
Fleet Tutors is a leading tuition agency with over 30 years experience helping students of all ages and abilities achieve their potential. Their highly selected, experienced and qualified tutors provide one-to-one tuition in the comfort of your home.
Incy Wincy are the one-stop shop for all your swimming needs for babies and children aged up to 8 years.
SenseToys offers practical information and an interesting range of toys and activities for pre-school children and particularly for children with special educational needs – all based on first hand experience!
Brainwave is an independent Charity based in Bridgwater, providing developmental therapy for children who have both physical and cognitive disabilities, whether caused by brain injury,genetic abnormality, or accident.
Whizz-Kidz is a national charity that improves the quality of life of disabled children and young people up to 18 by providing them with customised mobility equipment such as powered wheelchairs.
The Parent Support Service, run by a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, provides practical, professional guidance for common parenting concerns such as: difficulties with children and adolescents' behaviour; problems with eating and sleeping and strained family relationships. A range of convenient and flexible support options are available including prompt advice via phone and email, as well as face-to-face guidance for parents in Bristol (UK) and the surrounding area. The service specialiases in increasing parents' understanding of their child's behaviour and equipping parents with practical strategies for improving family relationships.
Soft, natural, comfortable – your baby in our gentle, natural clothing.
The Special Yoga Centre is a beautiful Yoga Centre based in Kensal Rise, NW10, near Queens Park. We hold a range of classes for children including; yoga for children from 3-5, 5-7 and 8-11 & 11-14; Kung Fu for kids 7-12; yoga for mums and babies; baby massage; fun-filled family yoga. Plus for exhausted mums we offer Meditation and Yoga classes for women only. We also have a Mums, Bumps and Babes drop-in on Thursday afternoons from 1:30pm - a chance for mums and mums-to-be to get together.
Is your child/adult learner struggling with spelling and related skills?
Pure Living Collection is an online store that sells a fabulous range of luxurious duvets, pillows, mattress protectors and associated bedding products. This website offers invaluable advice on the most appropriate bedding available for children.
KidSense specialise in all weather, All Terrain Pushchairs for children from birth - choose the buggy to suit your needs and lifestyle. We stock top brand names including Alu-Rax, Instep, Mountain Buggy and XTS all at competitive prices. Our pushchairs are safe, comfortable and a dream to push.
Outward Bound® is the organisation for outdoor adventure in Britain, for all young people aged 11-24. With four great centres in some of the UK’s most beautiful and inspiring locations, there’s plenty on our doorsteps to excite, challenge, motivate and engage participants. We take young people out into the fells, lakes, mountains and lochs, under the constant guidance and expert supervision of our outstanding outdoor instructors. Kayaking on the Dovey estuary, climbing Ben Nevis, camping overnight in the Lake District, sailing on Lake Ullswater or journeying across the Highlands by canoe and on foot, are just some of the fantastic adventures that young people will take part in. It’s a great way to make new friends and meet people from all walks of life, both from the UK and abroad.
Break provides a range of specialist care service for children and young people in need. This includes fully supported holidays and respite care for children with learning disabilities, including those with high level needs and behavioural difficulties. While on holiday at Break, guests enjoy a full range of activities and daily outings, all supported by a skilled and professional staff team. There is a soft play room, sensory room, heated swimming pool and each bedroom has it’s own wash basin and tv/video for guests.
Frewen College has been providing specialist support for young people with dyslexia and other related needs for over 60 years. Both Junior and Senior schools are based in beautiful surroundings in the Wealden countryside, on the borders of Kent and Sussex with extensive grounds and playing fields. We offer day and boarding places for children aged 6 – 16 years, at present boarding is only available to boys, girls will be accepted from September 2009.
Hope is a unique non-denominational charity for children. The Hope Centre for Cognitive Education is dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of learning potential using the methodology of Professor Feuerstein. The Centre helps students with a variety of learning and developmental difficulties ranging from bright under-achievers to those with complex needs including autistic spectrum disorders, ADHD, Downs Syndrome.
Established for over 20 years TFH are providers of carefully selected fun products designed to help you or those in your care enjoy life, and achieve more. Positive experiences unlock potential and so our "toys" will lead to functional as well as emotional benefits including:
Pure Baby is the exciting new range of infant products from America. They are hypoallergenic, 100% fragrance and dye free with added vitamins and natural ingredients as well as dermatologist recommended.
Bedwetting (Nocturnal Enuresis) is a very easily cured condition in the average period of only eight weeks.
MOVE is a national charity working with severely disabled children in a Programme designed to increase their mobility and therefore their independence.
Established in 1994 Teach UK provides high quality and innovative after school clubs, specialised projects and school holiday workshops in the performing arts, science, and other areas of the National Curriculum for children of all abilities aged 4-15 years.
At Thomas Wolsey we provide a rich, stimulating, and rewarding environment in which pupils and students flourish and develop. We believe that all pupils/students have the ability to learn and achieve.
Established in 1982, we provide a wide range of top quality puppet shows (and workshops) covering all age ranges between three and twelve. The repertoire is varied; folk tales, fairy tales, adaptations of short stories, legends, original stories, humorous verse.
