{"id":8119,"date":"2022-06-23T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/supportforschools\/?page_id=8119"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:07:04","slug":"support-for-parents-carers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/communication-and-interaction\/support-for-parents-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for parents and carers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devon&#8217;s SEND Local Offer website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information for parents and carers relating to communication and interaction needs, and the support available in Devon can be found on the Local Offer website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/types-of-send\/communication-and-interaction\/\">Devon&#8217;s SEND Local Offer: Communication and interaction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related content and resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/communication-and-interaction\/autism\/autism-resources\/\">Social Stories TM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other useful autism resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/Ec7Uv5sn7RhGrdfbq4TkZPgBGEZEUJ3PD9kxfM1lIlShNQ?e=21ZfmF\" rel=\"noopener\">Finding a school for your child<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk\/resources\/parent-guide-working-together-your-childs-school\" rel=\"noopener\">Working together with your child\u2019s school<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nipinthebud.org\/real-life-experience-films\/raising-a-child-with-autism-carrie-and-david\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Raising a child with autism: Carrie and David &#8211; Nip in the bud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"listLinkItem odd moduleLink\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/speechandlanguage.org.uk\/talking-point\/childs-progress-checker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check the progress of your child\u2019s language development from 6 months to 11 years old<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"listLinkItem even moduleLink\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/speechandlanguage.org.uk\/information-and-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information and free downloadable resources for parents from the Communication Trust<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"listLinkItem odd moduleLink\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afasic.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFASIC parent\u2019s helpline to help signpost further support<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One minute guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of our&nbsp;<a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/communication-and-interaction\/one-minute-guides\/\">one minute guides<\/a>&nbsp;cover&nbsp;<a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/communication-and-interaction\/one-minute-guides\/language-and-communication-autism\/\">language and communication (autism)<\/a> topics as well as information on transition, tics, online safety, autism in girls and lots of helpful advice, guidance and support. Check out our one minute guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/communication-and-interaction\/one-minute-guides\/top-tips-to-supporting-children-and-young-people-with-autism\/\">Top tips for supporting children and young people with autism.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-support-for-schools-and-settings wp-block-embed-support-for-schools-and-settings\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"G33ISVbTbU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/communication-and-interaction\/one-minute-guides\/\">Communication and interaction one minute guides<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cCommunication and interaction one minute guides\u201d \u2014 Support for schools and settings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/communication-and-interaction\/one-minute-guides\/embed\/#?secret=ZP8MVlkIVA#?secret=G33ISVbTbU\" data-secret=\"G33ISVbTbU\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon&#8217;s SEND Local Offer website Information for parents and carers relating to communication and interaction needs, and the support available in Devon can be found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":6316,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 00:06:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36445,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8119\/revisions\/36445"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}