For professional or organisational enquiries:
📧 DSP@ausends.co.uk
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Our aim is to bridge the gaps in SEND between professionals, parents and families by sharing information and experiences.
DSP ethos is designed for all SEND Professionals throughout Devon. Are you a SENDCo, Specialist staff, SEND Health professional, SEND social care professional, Run a SEND group….?
The idea is to support each other with bridging the gaps often seen between professionals, schools, services, parents and families.
I’ve spent some of the last ten years looking at ways to “improve” the challenges we all face. I’m a strong advocate on advising to work with schools and professionals whilst they also work with parents.
Explaining that as angry as a parent can feel, it can work against what a parent wants to achieve ~ support for their child(ren), and feeling heard, listened to.
What we are!
•Respectful of everyone’s knowledge, understanding and experience.
•Neuro-affirming, inclusive and LGBTQ friendly.
•A place to gain knowledge, get support, ask advice.
What we are not!
•Not for personal issues.
•Not Naming or Shaming
•Not for taking others hard work as our own.
DSP is underwritten by AuSENDs.
⭐ What We Offer to Professionals & Organisations
Specialist SEND Training & Workforce Development
• Evidence‑informed training grounded in real‑world SEND practice
• Workshops on Autism, PDA, Anxiety & Masking, Executive Function, Sensory Processing, EHCPs and Graduated Response
• Training aligned with national frameworks, including the Autism Education Framework
• Suitable for whole‑staff CPD, leadership teams, SENCOs, governors and multi‑agency groups
Professional Advice & Case Consultation
• Confidential advice for practitioners supporting families
• Guidance on EHCP processes, communication and next steps
• Independent perspective — not affiliated with local authorities
• Optional written summaries or reports
Organisational SEND Consultancy
• Bespoke consultancy shaped around your setting
• Support with inclusive culture, policy review and SEND processes
• Strengthening staff confidence and capability
• Improving outcomes for children and young people
⭐ Accessible, Ethical Pricing
Where possible, we offer our training as low cost as possible, we believe everyone should be able to access traing without large overheads. AuSENDs operates as a Not-for-Profit.
Costs may apply when we are required to pay for venue hire, excessive travel (over 30 miles), across multiple venues.
We offer bespoke, commissioned, tailored training either one off or ongoing. Please contact us to discuss what we can do for you.
DSP@ausends.co.uk
⭐ Flexible Delivery
- In‑person, and hybrid delivery across Devon.
- Online across England.
- In-person maybe available further than Devon, please contact me. Travel costs and any venue hire will apply.
At AuSENDs Consultancy, we provide independent, evidence‑informed SEND expertise to education, health and community settings across England. Our work combines lived experience, professional training and rights‑based practice to help organisations build confident, inclusive environments for neurodivergent children and young people.
Professional Advice & Case Consultation
We offer confidential, independent advice for professionals supporting families with SEND.
This includes guidance on:
- EHCP processes
- Communication with families
- Next steps and signposting
- Written summaries or reports (optional)
Our consultancy supports settings to strengthen their SEND culture, processes and practice.
This includes:
- Policy review and development
- Inclusive culture and environment planning.
Professional Qualifications & Specialist Training
Our training is underpinned by extensive professional development, including:
- SEN Law — IPSEA Levels 1, 2 and 3
- Anxiety Disorders and ADHD Recovery (National Counselling Society)
- Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty
- Level 2 Mental Health & Wellbeing in Children & Young People
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
- Levels 1–4 Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
- Distinction in Sensory Processing Diploma (completing my sensory integration training later in the year).
- Level 1 Neuro‑Linguistics (Level 2 in progress)
- Trauma‑informed trained
- Sleep support trained
- Fully insured, DBS‑checked and safeguarding‑trained L3
Why Choose AuSENDs
• Independent, trusted SEND expertise from lived experience and a neurodivergent professional.
• Extensive lived and professional experience
• Legally sound, inclusive, rights‑based practice
• Strengthens communication and confidence across teams
• We are fully independent and not affiliated with local authorities.
