Children with disabilities

Information for people with SEN and their parents or carers.

Information on services for children and young people with disabilities.

Short breaks services for disabled children and young people.

Information about self-directed support.

Respite care and short breaks for disabled children and young people based in Gateshead.
Advice for carergivers aged over 18 years.

Information on the Network of Children with Disabilities database.
A Parent Carer Needs Assessment (PCNA) is used to understand how a parent's caring role affects their wellbeing, feelings, and choices about caring.
Page Links
- Special Educational Needs - Local Offer
- Social care support for children with disabilities
- SEND activities directory
- Short break services
- Personal budgets
- Grove House
- Support for adult caregivers
- Gateshead network of children with disabilities
- Parent Carer Needs Assessment
- Autism
- SEND leisure services