Parents Pack: Table of Contents

1.1 How do I get a diagnosis?
1.2 Diagnosis – Now what?

2.1 How do I get a Statement?/Do I get a Statement?
2.2 What specialist help is available to my pre-schooler?

Social Skills Group.
Earlybird.
Speech and Language Therapy.
Early Intervention Panel/specialist pre-school nursery places.
Home programmes
Mainstream nurseries
Haringey funded contact numbers for pre-school year education problems:

2.3 What specialist help is available for my primary school child?

Primary Provision in Haringey
Special schools for primary age children, most frequently attended by Haringey children
Mainstream primary school with varying levels of support
Home programmes
New Social Skills group
Haringey funded contact numbers for primary age education problems

2.4 What specialist help is available for my secondary age child?

Introduction
Special schools
Inclusive secondary provision
Haringey funded contact numbers for secondary age education problems

3.1 Dietician
3.2 Occupational therapy
3.3 Toilet training/Free nappies.
3.4 Health – Going private - Dentistry, homeopathy, others...

4.1 Haringey Housing and Social Services
4.2 HINTS (Home Intervention Service).
4.3 FamilyLink
4.4 Home sitting service for children with autism.
4.5 Black and Minority Ethnic Carers’ Support Service
4.6 Private babysitting

5.1 Benefits
5.2 Suggestions for finding additional funding.

The Family Fund
Tottenham Grammer Schools Foundation

5.3 Disabled Parking Badges

6.1 For education and other issues relating to autism spectrum disorders.

7.1 Organisations devoted to dietary/metabolic aspects of autism
7.2 Organisations for follow up autism assessments
7.3 Local specialist lending library (books and software)
7.4 Useful Websites
7.5 ABA Providers
7.6 Teaching Materials
7.7 Local shops with teaching materials

8.1 Toy Library
8.2 Holiday Playschemes
8.3 Special Needs play and resource centres
8.4 Drama, Dance and Cinema
8.5 Swimming
8.6 Trampolining, Basketball and Other Sports
8.7 Horse Riding
8.8 Yoga
8.9 Holiday Services
8.10 Housebound Library Service
8.11 Music Therapy and Art Therapy
8.12 Local free trips with plants and animals
8.13 Haringey Autism Computer Club

9.1 Local groups
9.2 Chat Rooms

10.1 Some suggestions:

Efforts have been made to keep the information on this site as accurate as possible, but people, venues and government initiatives change quickly and some of the Parents Pack will inevitably be inaccurate or out of date even before it reaches you. This copy was updated in October 2003. To keep our next version for parents of newly diagnosed children up to date, it would help greatly if you find a new or changed system, organisation, playscheme etc to let us know so that we can update the master copy. Many thanks. Julia Wilkins/Haringey Autism. 8889 8422.