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Children under 10 who break the law can be given a Local Child Curfew, a Child Safety Order or can be taken into care
Apply through your local council for short-term ('respite') care for your sick or disabled child to enable you to have a break from caring
Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
Your local council can provide help if you have a disabled child,…
Your local council’s Family Information Service can give you details about…
Under the Equality Act 2010, it’s against the law for schools and other…
The Motability Scheme can help you lease a car if your child is aged 3 or…
If your home needs to be adapted to meet your child’s needs, you may be…
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
Research looking at the effect of short break provision for disabled children and their parents, carers and siblings.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
What happens if your child cannot go to school for health reasons - responsibilities of the local council and school and how medical needs are handled at school
Thousands of families with children with special educational needs supported with short breaks from theatre trips to outdoor activities helping to build vital skills.
This document reports on a cross-sectional sample of families with a disabled child using short breaks in England.
Find out whether you need to tell Ofsted about an accident, injury or illness a child suffers while in your care.
Information for local authorities on how to provide short break care (otherwise known as respite care) to disabled children.
This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.
Child Benefit if your child lives with someone else - when you can claim, multiple claims, change who gets the benefit
An analysis of children’s homes that provide short breaks, usually for disabled children.
Families who have children with SEND will soon receive further support with short breaks, supported internship opportunities and recognition of Down syndrome.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
Form A102: Consent to the placement of my child for adoption with identified prospective adopter(s) and, if the placement breaks down, with any prospective adopter(s) chosen by the adoption agency. Section 19 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002
Parents can get in trouble with the law if their child gets arrested - find out about parenting programmes, Parenting Contracts and Parenting Orders
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