Get Set.... for university life!

Thinking about Going to University?

A Four Day Residential Summer School For Young People with Physical Disabilities

18th – 22nd July 2010
Treloar College, Alton, Hampshire

For more information click on the link below

Residential Summer School

We will work with you, your child/young person and their school or college to work out how we can give them extra support.

Click the link below to access our ‘Parents and Carers’ publication which has up-to-date information about the new S139a.

Your Personal advisers is available to:

When you are in Year 9, your school will arrange a meeting between you, school staff, Connexions and any other professionals that will be able to talk about the options available when the time comes to leave school. This is called a ‘transition planning meeting’. This meeting will give you the chance to talk openly about your wishes, opinions and hopes for the future.

A moving on plan, sometimes called an S139A, describes what you hope to achieve as well as the support, special equipment and facilities that you might need within your education.

The Moving On Plan will be based on:

• Discussions you have in your transition planning meeting

• Information from school staff; and

• Information from other specialists who have worked with you.

Colleges and training organisations use them to make sure they provide the right kind of educational support for you as a student/trainee. Colleges will need to see your moving on plan with your application or at interview so that they have time to make changes to meet your specific needs. In all cases moving on plans support applications for funding.

We provide services for all young people from 13 to 19 years old. Many young people with learning difficulties and disabilities may not be ready to move on to other services until they are 20 or older. If necessary we will continue to work with you until your 25th birthday to help you to make the move to other services. We may involve other agencies and local organisations such as Jobcentre Plus or local voluntary organisations who offer other services that you may want or need.

Shaw Trust is a national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are

disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other: 01225 716300, www.shaw-trust.org.uk

OSEL is Committed to providing work and training for people with a disability on the Isle of Wight: 01983 520128, www.osel-iow.co.uk

Island Advocacy The Isle of Wight Advocacy Trust supports people with a learning disability to gain control and make the right choices in their lives: 01983 559 299, www.iwadvocacytrust.org

Contact a Family is a UK charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children: 0808 808 3555 www.cafamily.org.uk

Parent Partnership Information on the work of the National Parent Partnership Network and how to contact local Parent Partnership organisations: 01983 825548 www.parentpartnership.org.uk

Mencap is the leading UK charity for people with a learning disability and their families: 020 7454 0454 www.mencap.org.uk