Moving To Secondary School Survival Guide
Full of practical ideas to help with the transition and changes associated with moving to secondary school.
Resources, Guides, Information Sheets and Links
We want you to have quick access to written resources that may offer instant help with common issues. Below are a range of informative sheets and guides produced by SNAP with families in mind.
Our Survival Guides are here to help you.
Written, researched and produced each year to help families cope with the summer and Christmas holidays, SNAP’s Survival Guides provide key tips and ideas, along with useful information to help make those sometimes difficult periods in the year a little easier.
SNAP’s Summer Survival Guide
In reality we know it is almost impossible to plan 42 days’ worth of activities and guarantee nothing will change! But by making some rough plans and having a few back up ideas it can hopefully make you feel a little more prepared. Whether you are going on trips away or staying at home, SNAP’s annual Summer Survival Guide is packed with information, ideas and strategy suggestions that we hope will help you to plan for a fun and enjoyable summer with your family.
Don’t forget to use the SNAP Directory too for other useful contacts.
SNAP’s Moving to Secondary School Guide
Moving to Secondary School can be a stressful time for both parents and their children, this is why the SNAP team have developed our ‘Moving to Secondary School’ guide for parents who have children with additional needs in years 4 to 6 in mainstream school.
It’s full of practical ideas to help with the transition and changes associated with moving to secondary school.
Don’t forget to use the SNAP Directory too for other useful contacts.
SNAP’s Christmas Survival Guide
Full of new tips and advice this festive season to help support you and your family.
Covering a variety of different topics, our survival guide provides strategies to help make the holiday period less stressful for all the family.
If you have any trusted tips and ideas that have helped you and your family do let us know, as we may be able to share them in our future editions.
We appreciate there isn’t always time to read a whole book, so if you are looking for a snippet of information on a specific topic you may be struggling with, SNAP’s Information Sheets provide key links, tips and strategies in a clear, easy-to-read manner. The topics covered are areas that families have frequently asked us for support with, or lists of contacts for specific services.
If there is a subject you would like SNAP to cover, do let us know by emailing [email protected].
SNAP Information Sheets
- Adaptive School Uniform
- After School Overload
- Autism and Girls
- Choosing a School
- Eating
- Elective Home Education
- Emotional Regulation and Zones
- Internet and Social Media Safety
- Moving to Secondary School
- Neurodivergence in Pre-schoolers
- Postural Care: Night time positioning
- Preparing for Adulthood
- Puberty
- Resources to Help Understand a Diagnosis of ADHD
- Resources to Help Understand a Diagnosis of ASD
- Sleep
- Starting School
- Strategies to Facilitate Communication
- Talking About a Diagnosis
- Working in Partnership with Your Child’s School
External Services
- Children’s Counselling – South Essex
- Education Support by Area
- Independent Educational Psychologists
- Independent Physiotherapists
- Independent Occupational Therapists
- Independent Speech & Language Therapists
- Private Autism & ADHD Assessment Clinics
- Private Tutors
- Specialist Travel Insurers
- Support in Havering
- Swimming Tutors
Contact – 0808 808 3555
Contact’s helpline provides information and advice on diagnosis and medical information, local support services, benefits or financial support and special educational needs support.
Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
Family Lives’ free confidential helpline can provide information, advice, guidance and support on any aspect of parenting and family life, including bullying.
SCOPE – 0808 800 3333
SCOPE provides free, independent and impartial information and support whether you, your child or those you work with have a physical impairment, learning disability or any other condition.
Mencap – 0808 808 1111
The Mencap Learning Disability Helpline is a free helpline service offering advice and support for people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.
Cerebra – 0800 328 1159
Cerebra’s Freephone helpline is for parents who have a child or young person with a brain condition. This includes (but is not limited to) autism, ADHD, Down’s syndrome, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and developmental delay.
Young Minds – 0808 802 5544
Young Minds’ Parent Helpline can help answer questions about a child’s behaviour, emotional wellbeing, or mental health condition.
Unique – 01883 723356
Unique’s helpline can try to answer your questions about specific rare chromosome disorders and some autosomal dominant single gene disorders that are associated with intellectual disability/developmental delay/ medical issues/behavioural issues.
SOS!SEN – 0300 302 3731 or 0208 538 3731
SOS!SEN offer a free, independent and confidential telephone helpline for parents and others looking for information and advice on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).
SNAP Family Story
Rebecca shares how SNAP has made a difference to her family, in particular her son, Thomas.
Superstar week for SNAP siblings
The SIBS4FUN programme is an annual fun-packed week which aims to give those siblings, who might miss out on opportunities because of their family circumstances, a week to remember.
SNAP Training
SNAP organises a unique and diverse calendar of parent and professional training opportunities and events.
SNAP Survival Guides
Our Survival Guides are here to help you.
Written, researched and produced each year to help families cope with the summer and Christmas holidays, SNAP’s Survival Guides provide key tips and ideas, along with useful information to help make those sometimes difficult periods in the year a little easier.
SNAP’s Summer Survival Guide
In reality we know it is almost impossible to plan 42 days’ worth of activities and guarantee nothing will change! But by making some rough plans and having a few back up ideas it can hopefully make you feel a little more prepared. Whether you are going on trips away or staying at home, SNAP’s annual Summer Survival Guide is packed with information, ideas and strategy suggestions that we hope will help you to plan for a fun and enjoyable summer with your family.
Don’t forget to use the SNAP Directory too for other useful contacts.
SNAP’s Moving to Secondary School Guide
Moving to Secondary School can be a stressful time for both parents and their children, this is why the SNAP team have developed our ‘Moving to Secondary School’ guide for parents who have children with additional needs in years 4 to 6 in mainstream school.
It’s full of practical ideas to help with the transition and changes associated with moving to secondary school.
Don’t forget to use the SNAP Directory too for other useful contacts.
SNAP’s Christmas Survival Guide
Full of new tips and advice this festive season to help support you and your family.
Covering a variety of different topics, our survival guide provides strategies to help make the holiday period less stressful for all the family.
If you have any trusted tips and ideas that have helped you and your family do let us know, as we may be able to share them in our future editions.
SNAP Information Sheets
We appreciate there isn’t always time to read a whole book, so if you are looking for a snippet of information on a specific topic you may be struggling with, SNAP’s Information Sheets provide key links, tips and strategies in a clear, easy-to-read manner. The topics covered are areas that families have frequently asked us for support with, or lists of contacts for specific services.
If there is a subject you would like SNAP to cover, do let us know by emailing [email protected].
SNAP Information Sheets
- Adaptive School Uniform
- After School Overload
- Autism and Girls
- Choosing a School
- Eating
- Elective Home Education
- Emotional Regulation and Zones
- Internet and Social Media Safety
- Moving to Secondary School
- Postural Care: Night time positioning
- Preparing for Adulthood
- Puberty
- Resources to Help Understand a Diagnosis of ADHD
- Resources to Help Understand a Diagnosis of ASD
- Sleep
- Starting School
- Strategies to Facilitate Communication
- Talking About a Diagnosis
- Working in Partnership with Your Child’s School
External Services
- Children’s Counselling – South Essex
- Education Support by Area
- Independent Educational Psychologists
- Independent Physiotherapists
- Independent Occupational Therapists
- Independent Speech & Language Therapists
- Private Autism & ADHD Assessment Clinics
- Private Tutors
- Specialist Travel Insurers
- Support in Havering
- Swimming Tutors
National Helplines
Contact – 0808 808 3555
Contact’s helpline provides information and advice on diagnosis and medical information, local support services, benefits or financial support and special educational needs support.
Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
Family Lives’ free confidential helpline can provide information, advice, guidance and support on any aspect of parenting and family life, including bullying.
SCOPE – 0808 800 3333
SCOPE provides free, independent and impartial information and support whether you, your child or those you work with have a physical impairment, learning disability or any other condition.
Mencap – 0808 808 1111
The Mencap Learning Disability Helpline is a free helpline service offering advice and support for people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.
Cerebra – 0800 328 1159
Cerebra’s Freephone helpline is for parents who have a child or young person with a brain condition. This includes (but is not limited to) autism, ADHD, Down’s syndrome, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and developmental delay.
Young Minds – 0808 802 5544
Young Minds’ Parent Helpline can help answer questions about a child’s behaviour, emotional wellbeing, or mental health condition.
Unique – 01883 723356
Unique’s helpline can try to answer your questions about specific rare chromosome disorders and some autosomal dominant single gene disorders that are associated with intellectual disability/developmental delay/ medical issues/behavioural issues.
SOS!SEN – 0300 302 3731 or 0208 538 3731
SOS!SEN offer a free, independent and confidential telephone helpline for parents and others looking for information and advice on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).
SNAP Stories
SNAP Family Story
Rebecca shares how SNAP has made a difference to her family, in particular her son, Thomas.
Superstar week for SNAP siblings
The SIBS4FUN programme is an annual fun-packed week which aims to give those siblings, who might miss out on opportunities because of their family circumstances, a week to remember.
SNAP Training
SNAP organises a unique and diverse calendar of parent and professional training opportunities and events.
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