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Pinpoint - Guide to Services in Hampshire for Children with special needs

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Contents

1. ‘Welcome to Holland’

  • Emily Perl Kingsley writes about having a child with a disability

2. Introduction

  • what Pinpoint is about; ‘the statutory agencies’;
  • who pays for services?

3. Help from the Health Service

4. Help from Children's Services Department

  • Social Care
  • Education

5. Education Provision

6. Key Independent Organisations in Hampshire

7. National, Local and Voluntary Specialist Organisations

  • organisations that focus on specific illnesses and conditions

8. Special equipment and alterations to your home

9. Support for parents

  • including help at home; local support groups; help for carers;
  • getting out and about

10. Support for brothers and sisters of children with special needs

11. Benefits and grants

12. Short breaks and residential care

13. Playgroups, playschemes and childminders for pre-school children

14. Holiday activities for school age and older children

15. Holidays

16. Clubs for all ages

17. Help from Hampshire Library and Information Service

18. Toy libraries

19. Adolescence and beyond

Children’s Services addresses and phone numbers

A-Z Index

Cover (Front and back)