Family Support & Links
Useful Websites for Parents
Find local health services, support groups and ways to keep fit and healthy for you and your family.
Gives information about autism, parental advice, strategies and approaches, etc.
A useful website with information about dyslexia, assessment and identification, exam concessions, etc.
Offers information and supports individuals and families affected by developmental dyspraxia through books, suggestions, a teen newsletter, and an adult support group.
The UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people.
A useful website that provides information and guidance around Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Provides a free and comprehensive source of information for young people, parents and professionals about the range of mental health difficulties and disorders that may be encountered during childhood and adolescence.
A useful website that describes the counselling service we have in school.
Wigan Council’s Targeted Education Support Service (TESS)
Information about what TESS is, what they do and how you can get their help.
Gives useful information and advice about how to deal with bullying and the impact that bullying can have.
An organisation that provides information and support to parents of children with many different sorts of disability.
Talking Point provides a guide to speech and language services and useful links to other associated websites.
Wigan Council’s 0-19 Gateway Service
Information on the 0-19 Gateway service that Wigan Council provides for young people. There is also an additional information leaflet about the service.
A useful website for keeping young people safe online.
This website provides valuable information for sufferers and carers of people who have panic attacks, anxiety, phobias and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD).
Glasses that intend to reduce or stop visual stress.
Resources about Autism Specturm Disorder (ASD) from the National Autism Center.
Help loved ones with sensory overload enjoy shopping.
Temple Grandin’s Teaching Tips
Teaching tips for children and adults with autism.
Simple, fun activities for kids, from newborn to five
Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child's communication skills through simple interaction and play.