Walsall’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information and Advice Support (SENDIAS)

Walsall’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information and Advice Support (SENDIAS) service provides free and impartial support to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and their parents and carers.
By doing so we hope to raise awareness of the options available to those using our service, as well as supporting people to make informed decisions about these options.
The Information, advice and support we provide for children and young people with SEND and their parents/carers is impartial, free to access, accurate, confidential, comprehensive and easy to understand.

We accept self-referrals from young people with SEND and from their parents/carers. Other services can support young people and/or their parents to make a referral to us. Other services can also contact Walsall SENDIAS for general advice around SEND legislation and processes. In exceptional circumstances, we may accept referrals from 3rd party agencies, where they have permission from the young person or their parent. Referrals to our service are easy (we do not have a referral form) & can be made via • email to walsallsendiass@family-action.org.uk • telephone by calling 01922 612008 (24 hour messaging service) • in person at any event that we are attending. (Please note we do not offer a drop in facility at our office base). We aim to respond to initial enquiries within 2 working days.