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Sense
11-13 Clifton Terrace
Finsbury Park
London N4 3SR
Tel: 020 7272 7774
Fax: 020 7272 6012
Text:
020 7272 9648
E-mail: info@sense.org.uk
Website: www.sense.org.uk
Sense is the UK's largest organisation for children and adults who are deafblind or have associated disabilities.
The National Deaf Children's Society
15 Dufferin Street
London
EC1Y 8UR
Tel: 020 7490 8656
Minicom: 020 7490 8656
Fax: 020 7251 5020
Email: ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
Website: www.ndcs.org.uk
As the leading provider of impartial information and individual advocacy on every aspect of childhood deafness, NDCS can help with welfare rights and benefit claims, making education choices, advising on health and audiology and technology, or simply as someone to talk to.
The National Blind Children's Society
Bradbury House,
Market Street,
Highbridge,
Somerset,
TA9 3BW.
Tel: 01278 764 764
Fax: 01278 764 790
Email: enquiries@nbcs.org.uk
Website: www.nbcs.org.uk
The National Blind Children's Society’s objective is to enable blind and partially sighted children and young people to achieve their educational and recreational goals.
NBCS offer five ‘Key Services’ which are provided either free or at a nominal charge these are: -
Afasic
2nd Floor
50-52 Great Sutton Street
London EC1V 0DJ
Tel: (administration) 020 7490 9410
Fax: 020 7251 2834
Email: info@afasic.org.uk
Website: www.afasic.org.uk
Afasic was founded in 1968 as a parent-led organisation to help children and young people with speech and language impairments and their families. We provide information and training for parents - and professionals - and produces a range of publications.
The Stammering Centre
The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children
Finsbury Health Centre, Pine Street
London EC1R OLP
Opening hours 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday
Tel 020 7530 4238
Fax 020 7833 3842
Originally the Centre was set up in order to assess and treat children who stammer from all parts of the UK. This specialist service is offered to districts that do not have sufficient numbers of referrals to warrant the appointment of a specialist therapist in stammering or who request additional advice or guidance.
The Consultation Service (a specialist assessment procedure):
This service is funded by ARSC which means that everyone is seen on an equal basis and, as soon as a referral is received, the child's name is put on the appropriate waiting list according to his or her age.
The team is justly proud of the Consultation Service provided to families and to Speech and Language Therapists who accompany them to the Centre. There are currently between 200-250 new referrals a year, for children and young adults aged 2-18 years. The consultation aims to gain a broad understanding of each child's stammering problem and the effect that it may be having on their development and the family lifestyle.
MVDP,
31 Firwood Drive,
Camberley,
Surrey GU15 3QD
UK
tel 01276 61390
fax 01276 681368
email mvdp@makaton.org
Makaton is an internationally recognised communication programme, used in more than 40 countries worldwide.
Most Makaton users are children and adults who need it as their main means of communication. But everyone else who shares their lives will also use Makaton. These include the families, carers, friends and professionals such as teachers, speech and language therapists, social workers, playgroup staff, college lecturers, instructors, nurses, and psychiatrists.
However, it doesn't stop there. Makaton is rapidly spreading into the wider community, with requests for training to use signs and symbols from supermarket staff, youth groups, theatre groups, bus drivers, the police, museum staff, people working in sports and leisure, faith communities.
