Useful links

Below are a list of useful links - these will open a new window:

• Advisory Centre for Education - The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) is a national charity that provides advice and information to parents and carers on a wide range of school based issues including exclusion, admissions, special education needs, bullying and attendance.
• Association of Educational Psychologists - Information about the AEP: its history, aims and objectives, organisation and structure, services to members etc. Contacting the AEP.
• British Psychological Society - Representative body for psychology and psychologists in the UK.
• Bucks Grid for Learning - SEN - An up-to-date Calendar, Newsletters, Contact Information, CPD opportunities and Reference Material for anyone involved with SEN in a Buckinghamshire School.
• Childline - Free advice for any problem children and young people have with bullying, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence, self harm, sex and pregnancy.
• Contact a Family - UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children.
• Department for Children Schools and Families - The purpose of the Department for Children, Schools and Families is to make this the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up.
• Department of Health - Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications for NHS and social care professionals.
• Health Professionals Council - A regulator, set up to protect the public. To do this, keep a register of health professionals who meet our standards for their training, professional skills, behaviour and health.
• Health Promotion Resources Online - This website is for anyone promoting health within Milton Keynes, Aylesbury and the High Wycombe area.
• Healthy Schools - Offering close support and guidance to primary care trusts, local authorities and their schools, equipping children and young people with the skills and knowledge to make informed health and life choices and to reach their full potential.
• Inclusion Press - Inclusion Press creates person centred resource materials for training events, public schools, high schools, community colleges, universities, human service agencies, health organizations, government agencies, families, First Nations organizations - nationally and internationally.
• LEG - Education and young people - LGE advises the National Employers’ Organisation for School Teachers (NEOST), the representative body for children's services authorities and local education authorities on matters related to school teachers' pay and conditions.
• National Association of School Psychologists - NASP represents school psychology and supports school psychologists to enhance the learning and mental health of all children and youth.
• Royal College of Psychiatrists - Improving the lives of people affected by mental illness.
• SEN Training Courses - The Joint SEN CPD training courses are open to all Schools. Some of these courses are offered free of charge and others incur a cost.

Bullying links

• Anti Bullying Alliance - The Alliance brings together over 50 organisations into one network with the aim of reducing bullying and creating safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn.
• Anti Bullying Network - Following objectives: to support anti-bullying work in schools; to operate a website providing information about bullying; to research / develop effective strategies to address the verbal, psychological and physical harassment and violence called bullying; to promote research into bullying and support work seeking to reduce bullying; and to operate an anti-bullying service which will include the provision of training, publications and consultancy services.
• Bullying and Peer Support Training and Publications - Bullying, peer support systems, dyspraxia, emotional literacy, countering depression and low self esteem are very important issues for professionals involved with young people. This organisation delivers conferences and training related to these concepts.
• Bullying Online - Help and advice for victims of bullying their parents and school.
• Kidscape - Committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse.
• NSPCC - National Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
• Young Minds -  Publications about bullying issues.