Young People’s Page

Your views are important, click here for a short video from Hampshire SENDIASS of why your thoughts and opinions should be heard.

Click here for an easy to follow short animation to learn about person centred planning and the aims to put children and young people at the centre of planning and decisions that affect you.

Annual Reviews

An EHC plan must be checked at least once every year. This is called a review.

• At the review, people look at how well you are doing and if you are reaching your goals. These goals are written in the EHC plan
• The review should focus on what matters most to you and help you to work towards your future goals.
• Click here for a short video from our You Tube channel to share what is an annual review.

Further resources:

• Year 9 – Annual Review Guide – This is about a the annual review at school where adults talk with you about what you like and what you want to be when you grow up, so they can help you plan your future.

Here, you can find helpful information and support to use at school or college.

• IPSEA have created a useful webpage called ‘Help in exams’ explaining how the school/college decides who qualifies or not for access arrangements. Click here to read more.
• Click here for an infographic created by Hampshire SENDIASS to explain access arrangements for exams, what does and does not require medical evidence.
• If you are struggling with ‘Attendance to college and fitness to study’ – the Hampshire Local Offer has a page dedicated to inform you of policies that may apply and support that could be offered. Click here to access.

• Hampshire Futures – Hampshire’s online learning environment to provide careers information, advice and activities to help you with your future planning, and improve your employability skills.
• Access to Work – is help from the government that gives money and support to disabled people so they can do their job more easily.
  
• Connect to Work – helps Hampshire residents find and stay in sustainable employment through tailored support, training, and ongoing in‑work assistance.
• Easy to read guide on supported internships – a programme that helps young people with disabilities learn job skills and get ready for working in a real job
• Employment Guide – This guide helps young people with SEND learn about different ways to get ready for a job and find work as they become adults.
• Post 16 Checklist – This checklist helps make sure young people with SEND get the right support to prepare for adult life after age 16.
• SEND Local Offer – Growing up 16-25 – This website can help you to find out about services available to  young people in Hampshire and give you advice and information to help you to plan for your future.
• Transport Post 16 – IPSEA explains that if you’re aged 16–19, your local council should have a plan to help you get to school or college, but they don’t have to provide free transport, so what support you get can vary depending on your situation

• Solent Mind
• Hampshire CAMHS
• KOOTH
• No Limits
• Bullying from Young Minds
• Bullying from The Anti Bullying Alliance

Phoebe is one of our inspiring young representatives helping shape SENDIASS to better support young people like you. Her journey living with a cleft palate and being hard of hearing hasn’t been easy, but her strength and determination have made her a powerful advocate for inclusion and understanding.

💬 “I didn’t learn to talk until primary school, but now I help others find their voice.”

Click below to read Phoebe’s full story – from early surgeries to receiving her BAHA hearing device – and how she’s using her experience to make a difference.
👉 Read Phoebe’s Journey