Special Needs Support
Sheffield Information Link (SIL) offers support for families with disabled children through an extension to its service called Sheffield Information Giving Network (SIGN).
SIGN is based at the Ryegate Children's Centre and is a free information service for disabled children and young people and their families, and the professionals who support them. SIGN brings together Health, Social Services and Education, plus voluntary agencies to offer an integrated information service.
The service is open Monday - Friday 10.00am to 1.00pm. Enquiry Line: 0114 266 9476, e-mail sign@sheffinfolink.org.uk, or visit SIGN at Ryegate Children's Centre, Tapton Crescent Road, Sheffield, S10 5DD.
Staff at SIGN can provide you with information on:
- Specific health conditions
- Sources of support, self help groups and further information
- Appropriate local and national voluntary organisations
- Statutory services and how to access them
- Special educational needs support
- Leisure and holiday information
- Mobility and equipment
- Disability Information Pack - Click to download sections of the pack, or contact SIGN to receive your copy.
- Click here to download a list of Sensory Rooms in Sheffield (updated August 2009)
Phone or e-mail the SIGN Information Service for details of other supporting organisations offering support to disabled children and young people and their families.
SIGN has parent packs on the following conditions:
- ADHD
- Autism
- Cerebral Palsy
- Down’s Syndrome
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Eczema
- Epilepsy
- Hearing Impairment
- Learning Disability
- Speech and Language Impairment
- Visual Impairment
Contact SIGN if you would like a copy of any of these packs.
