EHCP Consultancy

Getting the right support for your child.

Support and advice from a professional and parent who is passionate about helping your SEND child receive the support they need to reach their full potential.

I can provide support and advice in the following:

The process involved in obtaining an EHCP from start to finish. Explaining the timeline of what to do when, to make sure the process happens as efficiently as possible and to avoid costly errors. Help understanding the law surrounding SEND provision, understanding the rights of SEND children, support in completing forms, mediation, making an appeal to SEND tribunal, which private reports to obtain, where to apply for grants to fund assessments etc, attending tribunal what to expect, and what to prepare, amending draft EHCPs and advice regarding working documents.
Recommend professionals such as Educational Psychologists with deaf specialism or Occupational Therapists who can write reports that can be used in tribunal and/or attend as witnesses.

Private Tuition

Know your child's strengths and areas of development.

I can provide 1:1 specialist tuition to students from 4 yrs - 11 yrs online/in person in Kent.

I am able to:

assess students' language, listening, listening, literacy (reading and writing) and maths skills.
use the results of the assessments to create a bespoke learning program for students, to help fill in the gaps in their skills.
bring learning to life by using hands-on interactive teaching and learning approaches, which are fun, multisensory and memorable.
teach students' how to be independent and confident learners. What to do if I don't understand a concept? How do I revise and remember information?
support students' social, emotional, mental and health (SEMH) by teaching them how they learn best and utilising their natural ability and superpowers!
support parents to support their children at home. How to help my child learn phonics or spellings, remember their times tables or improve their handwriting?

About Me

At SEN Deaf Support, I provide specialised educational support, tailored tuition and EHCP consultancy for individuals with deafness, ASC (autism), ADD/ADHD and other special educational needs and their families.

My background as an educator and personal journey to gain the right support for my own deaf and autistic daughter has led me to work as a special needs and deaf teacher and support consultant. Throughout the journey I have kept the passionate belief that as her mother and primary carer, I know my child best. You know as a mother, your gut tells you when your child is struggling because you feel it too. You just KNOW. It was this strong mother instinct that kept me battling through the records on repeat of 'she's fine.' I was determined to seek the truth and find professionals who sought the best interests of my daughter only, were able to could see what I saw and believed me.

I am a qualified primary teacher and teacher of deaf children and young people (QToD). I began my QToD training when my daughter was diagnosed as mild-moderately deaf. I have personal experience of navigating the EHCP process, from completing a parent application for an EHCP to tribunals and finally being issued an EHCP. I have many years of experience in striving to overcome the many barriers preventing my child receiving the support she should lawfully be entitled to. I am passionate about using my experience of trying to navigate through the complex EHCP process to help other SEN young people and their families. I wish I had had someone to guide me through from the beginning, to share their prior knowledge and experience, to help inform my decision making.

I have over 20 years of experience teaching and follow a holistic and interactive teaching approach to meet the unique needs of each student. Through my bespoke teaching, my students gain a unique perspective of where their strengths lie and areas which require development. This in turn gives students insight into how they learn best and the most effective and efficient ways for them to learn and study.

Contact me today to see how our services can benefit you and your young person(s).