Activities, Services, Toys, Products and Holidays for Children with Special Needs

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.

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.

Grooms Holidays provide the opportunities for people with disabilities to go on vacation with friends and family to accessible locations at affordable rates and enjoy a memorable holiday.

Discover new places, new faces in beautiful Britain. With its golden beaches, rocky shores and lush, green countryside there’s sure to be somewhere just right for you. What takes your fancy? We offer a select choice of hotels and self-catering accommodation around the UK. There are a variety of attractive coastal and countryside holiday choices to suit different tastes. We have personally selected the accommodation for its suitability to provide the facilities needed and access for those with various degrees of disability.

Grooms Holidays is part of John Grooms charity, the UK’s largest provider of accessible holiday properties.

Email: holidays@johngrooms.org.uk

Web: www.groomsholidays.org.uk

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.

E-Mail: info@davidmulhall.co.uk

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.

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.

Provision of riding lessons for disabled people of all ages and standards. Open seven days a week. Fun and physiotherapy combined.

Since 1977, the Peter Le Marchant Trust has provided day trips and longer holidays for disabled and seriously ill people of all disabilities and all ages on specially designed canal boats. Over half our passengers are aged under eighteen.

From April to October inclusive, “Symphony” takes 26 people on day trips (including weekends), “Serenade” takes 10 people on 3/4 night holidays, and narrowboat “Melody” is available for weekly hire by a family or group with at least one disabled member. Charges are kept to a minimum so as not to exclude any groups. The remainder is raised in donations.

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.

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.

The college holds a free weekly clinic for children treating many conditions including: asthma, eczema, hyperactivity and weight problems.

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.

Martial arts classes for children and adults with disabilities

Vision 21 offer free School Holiday Clubs for children aged 14-18 with a learning need.

Funded by Children in Need, the school holiday club focuses on creative activities, interacting and building social skills. The sessions are led by professional artists focusing on different creative art subjects.

Activities include:

• Paper Craft
• Ceramics
• Drama
• Sculpting
• Printmaking
• Painting
• Music
• Drawing
• Photography

Session Times: 9.30am – 3pm at various locations in Cardiff.

Workshops are free – although this excludes transport, food and 1:1 support costs.

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.

We are a full time Martial Arts school catering for all ages from 5 years old teaching Taekwondo and kickboxing. The smaller childrens classes are called Little Ninjas, we also provide a special needs class on Saturdays.

Children's martial arts classes in Gravesend and Maidstone

Web: www.t-k-d.co.uk

Bracknell Tutors have been established since 1989 offering expert one-to-one tutoring in basic skills; reading, writing and arithmetic covering English, Maths and Sciences up to GCSE and A-Level throughout Berkshire.

We offer:

• Over 25 years, Full-time experience in coaching and developing courses
• Unique coaching material and methods for lasting skills and study techniques
• Superior track record, with Top marks in entrance exams and scholarships
• In-depth support, with educational counseling base on personality profiling

Children’s Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, Maths and English, The Sciences, I.T. and Computing, Art and Design, Latin and Ancient Greek, Modern Languages tutors in Bracknell, Berkshire

Children's trampoline parks in Birmingham, Stourbridge and Cannock

I am a fully qualified homeopath, registered with the Society of Homeopaths.

Homeopathy is a tried & trusted system of medicine - effective, non-toxic, with no side effects. Treatment is suitable during pregnancy and for the youngest of babies.

I have successfully dealt with a wide range of common childhood problems,.

For example:

• Sleep difficulties
• Gastric Reflux
• Colic
• Bed Wetting
• Behavioural Problems
• Morning Sickness
• Delayed Development
• Glue Ear
• Asthma
• Eczema
• Need for repeated antibiotics

Please call for free, no obligation information and advice.

(Prices for children - £35 first appt, £25 thereafter, cost of remedies is included)

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!

Mobile: 07752 599968
Email: dianeguerard@hotmail.com

Dr. Esmoreit Sleyster, Ph.D. - Chartered Clinical Psychologist AFBPsS

Child Psychology Sussex is based in Lewes, near Brighton, and we may travel throughout the South East to deliver our services.

We offer advice, assessments and therapies that are tailor-made to the needs of individual children, adolescents and their families and carers.

If you want a better understanding of the troubles your child, or the child you care for is facing, or you are considering therapy for your child or support for your family, then Child Psychology Sussex may be able to help.

Child Psychology Sussex provides therapy for children and adolescents who are experiencing social, emotional or behavioural difficulties. This may include relationship problems at home or at school; anger and anxiety difficulties; low mood or confidence; and trauma and loss. Therapy could involve working individually with the child or adolescent; working jointly with family members or parent(s)/carer(s) and the child; and in some cases with the parents on their own as a means of helping to address the child’s difficulties.

Dr Esmoreit Sleyster has specialist expertise in working with children looked after by Local Authorities, and with adopted children. She also provides training and consultation to professionals and undertakes medico-legal work.

I have run my massage company for over 13years and am a qualified infant massage Instructor.

I run workshops for both parents and carers teaching the wonderful art of massage in a beautiful environment in Muswell Hill, North London. Massaging your baby can promote a feeling of wellbeing therefore resulting in restful sleep... a happy baby and parent!

I arrange home visits to groups and couples and am based in North London. Call me on the above number or email for further information and next workshop dates.

The Osteopathic Centre for Children is a registered charity committed to the osteopathy care of children.

At the OCC clinic in London, babies and children come for treatment with such diverse conditions as asthma, cerebral palsy, colic, Down's syndrome, eczema, sleeplessness and the more common childhood ailments. Pregnant and post-partum women are also cared for.

The OCC is further committed to research into the effectiveness of osteopathy, and the raising of public awareness that osteopathy is for children first. More than 25,000 treatments are given at the clinic in London every year and no child is ever turned away for want of a family's ability to pay.

London Clinic
Osteopathic Centre for Children
15a Woodbridge Street, London EC1R 0ND
Tel:(020) 7490 5510

Manchester Clinic
Osteopathic Centre for Children
Phoenix Mill, Piercy Street, Ancoats, Manchester M4 7HY
Tel: (0161) 277 9911

Mill Court, 40 Windmill Road, Headington, Oxfordshire OX3 7BX

Oxford ADHD Centre is the first specialist independent clinic in Oxford for children and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related conditions.

We offer assessments and also ongoing management and follow-up, including treatment with medication if appropriate. We have specialist ADHD and ASD coaches working within the Oxford ADHD Centre and Support Groups for adults and parents/carers.

All of our staff have a high level of experience working within these specialties and include Psychiatrists, Psychologists, a specialist Paediatrician, an Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist and specialist coaches.

We teach the safest method of riding horses. Our speciality is to one tuition for all ages starting from 4 years. We are BHS and ABRS approved.

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.

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 Norfolk.

Please call us for more details – and you can enjoy a holiday to remember with Break.

Boogie Beat music and movement is quite a unique concept as our classes, workshops and parties are very active and lively, and incorporate dance themes based on traditional fairy tales and nursery rhymes using all our own music and illustrations.

Beautiful puppets are also used from our Toy Box, to sing songs, both traditional and new. Various large visual props are introduced throughout the session to engage the children and beautiful illustrations are used to enhance their imagination.

Boogie Beat classes are suitable for children 6 months to preschool. We also run weekly workshops within Nurseries/playgroups and Schools (up to Yr 1 and after school clubs) and Birthday Parties too!

"Boogie Beat has proved to be a great experience for both my children. The songs, music and movement have been instrumental in the growth of their confidence." NH

Music groups and parties for babies, toddlers and preschool children in Nantwich, Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Durham, Newton Hall, Shildon, Spennymoor, Derby, Colchester, Edinburgh, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Quedgeley, Winchcombe, Aldershot, Farnborough, Berkhamstead, Tring, Ashford, Saltwood, Sellindge, Carluke, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Larkhall, Wishaw, Penwortham, Weeton, Duston, Northampton, Newry, Clevedon, Nailsea, Weston-s-Mare, Winscombe, Wrington, Yatton, Abingdon, Bampton, Didcot, Grove, Harwell, Steventon, Wantage, Cheddar, Cheadle, Fenton, Hanley, Leek, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stirling, Stockport, Bramhall, Davenport, Hazel Grove, Marple, Reddish, Banstead, Farnham, Dail Post, Horsham, Lancing, Southwater, Harbury and Royal Leamington Spa

Feel Good Friends is an award winning company all about helping children to feel good about themselves and their world. The range of unique educational products all help to build confidence and self esteem in a fun way.

We want children to focus on what they are good at, why they are special, and how they can help others to feel good.

Here are some of the benefits:

• Teaches about feelings and emotions
• Calms and relaxes
• Eases tension in body and mind
• Encourages sharing and caring
• Builds confidence and self esteem
• Enforces positive behaviour
• Non - competitive
• Teaches counting and colour recognition
• Assists with setting positive life goals
• Establishes empathy

Children with high self esteem do better at school, form relationships easier, have better concentration and are generally happier and healthier. The Feel Good Friends range helps to build emotional intelligence which is the ability to understand your own emotions and those of people around you.

We all want our children to feel happy and confident so bring the Feel Good factor into your home with the Feel Good Friends. The range includes games, books, relaxation Cd and posters.

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.

Email: move@move-europe.org.uk

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.

Email: enquiries@brainwave.org.uk

‘All children should learn to touch type’ Daily Telegraph ....

• Close to London
• Suitable for anyone in the family - ages 7 - 107
• Uses several types of software to meet all needs.
• Courses run for four mornings. Cost £250. Family & early booking discounts
• Relaxed stress free holiday course
• Teacher is a qualified special needs tutor and typing trainer
• Recommended by the Richmond Dyslexic Association but suitable for anyone
• Private touch typing tuition throughout the year
• Visit the website below for further details
• Private tuition for students with learning difficulties, 11+ and up to 18 also available

Email: jane@verityping.co.uk

Gymnastic classes for children aged 4 months to 10 years

From 4 months to 10 years, Gym Bubbas runs gymnastics classes for children in Plymouth.

Our programme incorporates gymnastic based activities aimed at developing children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive skills. From their first handstand to swinging on the rings, children’s confidence soars at Gym Bubbas!

Our weekly classes for babies, toddlers and preschooler's are 45 minutes, and the primary-school programme running for an hour. Children learn floor work such as handstands, forward rolls and cartwheels, as well as skills on our specifically designed gymnastics equipment that aids flexibility, coordination and strength.

We create classes to not only promote a healthy and active life-style, but also learn life skills such as listening, social, confidence-building, self esteem and imagination.

Come and experience our classes by booking your FREE TRIAL session today!

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Basingstoke Gymnastics Club offers a variety of activities for all ages.

• We offer pre-school drop in session from sitting -4 years.
• Pre-school structured sessions from 2 years – 4 years
• Pre-School Ballet 3-4 years
• Freestyle classes for all ages and abilities
• Disability Gymnastic and Holiday camps depending on time of year

For any class information please contact reception by email or telephone.

See our website for more information.

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.

We are a London club that specialises in teaching 4-15yrs children skateboarding

With our highly trained instructors in a funky, cultural venue we aim to teach kids the basics of skateboarding, whilst allowing them to make new friends, learn skilful tricks, and maintain an interest in a type of exercise that is fun to do.

We focus on teaching children skate park skateboarding and street skateboarding and work to a wristband system which means children can earn different colour wristbands the more they do.

Skateboarding is particularly good for co-ordination and motor skills and as it crosses the midline of the body (Occupational Therapists recommend this for SEN needs because it strengthens core balance).

We run Weekend Beginner Sessions; Holiday and Afterschool Clubs; Skateboarding Parties and Private Lessons for individuals or groups. See website for dates and times.

Holiday Club venues – Royal Oak Skate park W2 5EJ (Full Day and Half Day Sessions)
Skateboarding Parties – Westway Sport Centre W10 6RP, however we can travel to a different venue
Weekend Clubs and Afterschool Clubs – Westway Sport Centre W10 6RP; Bishops Park, Bishops Avenue SW6 6EA
Private Lessons – Bishops Park (Fulham) Clapham Skate park; Cantelowes (Camden); Royal Oak Skate park (Maida Vale); Gurnell Skate Park (Ealing); Coldfall (Muswell Hill); Alexandra Palace skate park

Our fully trained Boffins present amazing hands-on science parties complete with jaw dropping scientific experiments, mind blowing demonstrations and entertaining games, specifically created to give your children an unforgettable party and take away the hassle and stress from you.

Our parties are great for children aged 5 to pre-teens and are interactive, educational and lots of fun with the aim of getting kids interested in the wonders of science from a young age.

Select from our interactive experiments including Slime Making, Rocket Launch, Dry Ice and Sweet Science!

What we offer:

• Stress-free, fun parties delivered nationwide
• Your choice of our interactive experiments or themed parties
• Fully trained and insured, DBS checked, and highly recommended Boffins
• Gold customer rating on the eKomi Review site
• Take home goody bags available

As well as kids’ parties, we deliver assemblies and workshops for primary schools, holiday clubs, and Brownie and Cub groups. We also provide fantastic fun workshops for Special Educational Needs groups. Our Boffins work closely with the children and their helpers to extract the very best aspects of the experiments to engage the kids as much as possible.

Call us on 020 8953 5566 or browse our website link below to find out more information (including testimonials) and to book the perfect party your child will never forget!

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Special Kids in the UK offers an online support forum, regular newsletters and offers to parents/families of children with a special need and/or disability. We also has a wide range of information available on our site around the subject of respite, services, education and more.

What makes us unique is that we parents/carers of children with special needs ourselves. Understanding the difficulties and emotions involved with a child of any age with special needs is something we can all associate with. In addition friendship, support and practical hints and tips are a major feature of our organisation.

For more information visit our website:

Web: www.specialkidsintheuk.org
Email: information@specialkidsintheuk.org

Many children don’t want to, or cannot, talk about their problems. Play therapy is very effective for children aged 3 to 12. The child chooses from a range of activities in the play room. These include: drawing and painting, sand tray, clay, puppets, musical instruments, story-telling, role play. The Play Therapist focuses closely on the child, communicating using the media the child has chosen. Although of course, the child can talk about their problems, when they are ready, on average research shows only 8% of the session is spent in talking.

Between 73% and 84% receiving play therapy to Play Therapy UK’s standards show a positive change – the more severe the problems the higher the change. (Based on over 10,000 cases).

Because play therapy works through unconscious processes, it is important that practitioners are fully qualified and meet the highest standards of practice. Play Therapy is now regulated through the Professional Standards Authority’s Accredited Register programme. The PTUK Register of Play and Creative Arts Therapists warrants the quality and effectiveness of its Registrants. Using unregistered therapists can be dangerous.

Play therapy improves a child’s ability to learn and reduces the chance of adult mental health problems.