Early Years
Our dedicated Early Years team offers events, activities and support for families with a child who has communication support needs.
Early Years
Our dedicated Early Years team offers events, activities and support for families with a child who has communication support needs.
Early Years
Our dedicated Early Years team offers events, activities and support for families with a child who has communication support needs.
Early Years and Family Advisory (Glasgow)
Our Early Years and Family Advisory team, based in Glasgow, provides support to children with additional support needs and their families.
Connect and Play
The team offers online and face-to-face play sessions for families. These sessions can be delivered one-to-one or in a group setting. The sessions contain fun, interactive activities to support learning and develop communication.
Home activities
At Sense Scotland, we use activities and play to communicate with children, discover their ideas and explain what’s going on. Get the glitter and glue out and see what you can make. See our Home Activities section for more.
Peer support
We organise events including coffee mornings, toddler groups and ‘walk and talk’ sessions to enable parents and carers to meet, share their experiences and support each other. During school holidays, we also offer a programme of activities for the whole family including siblings.
Garden of Evan Sensory Toy Library
Our Garden of Evan Sensory Toy Library offers sensory toys which can be borrowed and swapped out for free at any time. Get in touch with the team for more information.
Courses
We deliver courses for families and professionals working with children with complex and sensory disabilities. Our courses include an introduction to communication, using art to develop communication and creating a sensory room.
Volunteer with us
The Early Years team are always looking for volunteers to help out at events or to support the Toy Library. If you could spare some time, please get in touch. We are always keen to hear from parents and carers too.
Maybe you’re the parent of a young person or adult with complex and sensory disabilities and would like to share your experiences with others at the start of their journey. If so, please get in touch.
Children and Family Services (Fife)
Our Children and Family Services team, based in Fife, offers help and support for families based in Fife with children aged 0 – 18 years who have additional or complex support needs.
Support is provided through the Sensory Lending Library which is run along with the Connect and Play drop-in sessions once a month or by prior arrangement at TouchBase Fife.
The Carers’ Café for all ages is run once a month in TouchBase Fife. This is an opportunity for parents and carers to come along with the people they support and meet in an informal and relaxed setting to enjoy the activities and facilities on offer.
Nurseries, support practitioners and professionals supporting children and families with additional support needs can also access the service, as well as referring families directly for individual support.
For more information about our Children and Family Services (Fife), please call 01592 646015 or email LornaThomson@sensescotland.org.uk.
Children’s Rights
In our work with children and families, we recognise and promote the rights of children as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
