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The Road Ahead - resources
4. National websites
| General | |
|---|---|
| W1: Connexions direct | |
| Target Audience | Young people aged 13-19. |
| Content | Links to local Connexions services. Also gives information about the 'Widening Horizons' information service used by many schools, colleges or training providers. The 'learning for people with disabilities' link is mostly aimed at people with physical disabilities, but provides a link to 'After 16 - what's new' website (Family Fund). |
| Availability & Updates | Not specifically geared towards young people with learning disabilities. Not written accessibly. No information on updates. |
| Contact |
Connexions Web: www.connexions-direct.com |
| W2: Down2Earth | |
| Target Audience | Young people with Down's syndrome. |
| Content | Links to Club NDSS via the 'Down 2 Earth' section on the website. Club NDSS gives advice for young people on transitions, housing, life skills, money and safety. |
| Availability & Updates | Club NDSS is an American site, but presented in an accessible format. No relevant information specifically for young people on the DSA site. No information on updates. |
| Contact | Down's Syndrome Association Langdon Down Centre 2a Langdon Park Teddington, TW11 9PS Tel: 0845 230 0372 Fax:0845 230 0372 Email: info@downs-syndrome.org.uk Web: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk |
| W3: Enquire | |
| Target Audience | Children with special educational needs (Scotland). |
| Content | Website specifically for young people (with links to site for parents and professionals). Links to 'Life at school and choices at 16+ (see national information). Sections on: 'respect yourself!', 'meeting people and finding out of school clubs', 'who can help you?', 'choosing subjects and getting ready for exams' and 'looking to the future'. Includes an interactive map which as well as giving advice about clubs, also advises about keeping safe. Links to other websites by subject. |
| Availability & Updates | Clear site, not all very accessible, but excellent downloadable leaflet on 'people at school' which explains the roles of all the professionals that a young person with special needs might encounter and other useful information. Covers Scotland. No information on updates, but recently produced. |
| Contact | Enquire - Children in Scotland Tel: 0845 123 2303 Email: enquire.SENinfo@childreninscotland.org.uk Web: www.enquire.org.uk |
| W4: After 16 - what's new? | |
| Target Audience | Young people with impairments or disabilities, parents, carers and professionals. |
| Content | Includes detailed information and links. Covers 'your future', money, learning, daytime and work, housing, transport and leisure, friends and health, the law and a directory. Links to other useful websites. |
| Availability & Updates | 'User-friendly' style and compatible with speech reader software. Does not link well from the Family Fund website. Book version no longer available. Last updated November 2003. |
| Contact | Family Fund PO Box 50 York, YO1 9ZX Web: www.after16.org.uk |
| W5: Transition from school or college for young people with learning disabilities | |
| Target Audience | Families and professionals. |
| Content | Factsheet available online from FPLD. Explains the transition process, lists useful organisations and publications. From the website you can also join a discussion forum and read other people's stories. |
| Availability & Updates | Learning Disabilities. Page updated 19.11.03. |
| Contact | Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities 83 Victoria Street London, SW1H 0HW Tel: 020 7802 0300 Fax: 020 7802 0301 Web: www.learningdisabilities.org.uk |
| W6: Including you | |
| Target Audience | Families of children with special needs. |
| Content | Website that includes a section on transition. Aimed primarily at families in East Sussex. |
| Availability & Updates | Includes links to relevant organisations and information about the Connexions service. Also includes an edited version of East Sussex's Transition Protocol. |
| Contact | Including you social enterprise Web www.includingyou.org |
| W7: Trans-active | |
| Target Audience | Young people with and without a learning disability. |
| Content | Multimedia web site resource of accessible information about planning process for young people aged 13-25. Idea is to create a multimedia 'passport' about transition for individuals. Pack also available. Has two main areas - a 'TeenZone' for young people with learning difficulties and an area for 'parents, carers and teachers'. The 'TeenZone' is divided into 4 areas where young people (with help) can access; a 10 level game that explains transition, a description of the Trans-active project, Beat-box, which is music produced by the project and 'The bedroom' which contains music, fun, graffiti and games. The area for parents, carers and teachers covers news, 'about trans-active', the process, the Passport, the rewards, the package, the people and how to make a transition passport. |
| Availability & Updates | Not very easy to locate via the Mencap site or via a search engine. Need to have Macromedia Flash Player 7 installed. 'TeenZone', although presented in an accessible format would be best used in conjunction with a supporter. 'TeenZone' is also in audio format, with voices of young people with learning disabilities. The information zone covers wide range of aspects of transition and the trans-active project itself. Would be especially useful for schools undertaking transition planning. No information on updates. |
| Contact | Mencap Web: www.trans-active.org.uk |
| W8: Options for the Future - A what, when and how guide for parents as young disabled people make the transition to adult life. | |
| Target Audience | Parents and Carers. |
| Content | 129 page guide for parents of young disabled people. Also information on next moves, contacts and links |
| Availability & Updates | Although this website contains local information, it also has a wider applicability. Updated 2007. |
| Contact | Surrey Children's Service Web: www.pwpsurrey.org |
| W9: Transition into adult life | |
| Target Audience | Young people, parents and professionals. |
| Content | Includes the Transition 'Champions' pack. Documents on what 'Valuing People' says, key papers and events. |
| Availability & Updates | Mostly in accessible format. Updated regularly. |
| Contact | Valuing People Support Team |
| W10: My Future Choices | |
| Target Audience | Young people, parents and professionals. |
| Content | Website that includes a downloadable version of 'My Future Choices' magazine. |
| Availability & Updates | Part of the developing 'Transition Information Network'. |
| Contact | Transition Information Network Tel: 020 7619 7244 Web: www.myfuturechoices.org.uk |
| General - ethnicity | |
| W11: Transition for young people from ethnic communities | |
| Target Audience | |
| Content | |
| Availability & Updates | In development. |
| Contact |
ARC This project is setting up a website (already launched) of information for young people at transition and their families. They were hoping to employ regional workers to promote the website but a reduction in funding from the Diana Fund has meant a more limited project. Web: www.movingonup.info Contact Pam Smith for further information. Tel: 01246 555 043 Email: pam.smith@arcuk.org.uk |
| Inclusion - Multi-media | |
| W12: Acting Up Multimedia profiling | |
| Target Audience | People with communication difficulties. |
| Content | Website which gives details of an innovative communications' training package, 'Multimedia profiling'. This package gives people with communication difficulties support to exercise greater control over their lives by means of a computer-based catalogue of a service user's daily activities and personal history. |
| Availability & Updates | Clear website with pictures. Not all pages are written in an accessible format. No information on updates. |
| Contact | Acting Up Unit 304 203-213 Mare St. London E8 3QE Tel: 0208 533 3344 Email: acting-up@btconnect.com Web: www.acting-up.org.uk |
| W13: The Big Tree | |
| Target Audience | People with learning disabilities |
| Content | A developing portal site which will highlight good practice and host a forum for discussion around all aspects of multi-media use by people with learning disabilities. Housed by the Rix Centre. Their aim is to 'improve the inclusion of the learning disability community in the world of the internet and to use the capabilities of new media to promote inclusion across society generally'. |
| Availability & Updates | Site is still in development (29.10.04). |
| Contact | Mencap Web: www.thebigtree.org |
