Transcript for What is a SENDIASS?
SENDIASS Southend, for young people. What is SENDIASS?
We are SENDIASS Southend. This is our logo. SENDIASS means Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Information Advice and Support Service.
We are the SENDIASS service for Southend on Sea.
SENDIASS can help young people age 16 to 25.
How can SENDIASS help you? We can listen to your views, help you to understand your options, help you understand forms letters and reports, help you to arrange meetings in school or college and prepare for them, go with you to meetings and help you to ask questions and make choices, explain difficult words people use, tell you where else you can find help.
Our information, advice and support is impartial. This means we won't take sides. Our service is free. We won't ever charge you any money.
Our advice is confidential. This means we won't share what we've discussed unless someone is in danger of getting hurt, or you've said it's okay to share. If we are going to share your information we will tell you.
How you can reach SENDIASS Southend. You can call us on 01702 215499
Just leave a message with your name and number and we will call you back, or email us at iass@southend.gov.uk