People with learning disabilities often have poorer physical and mental health than other people. This doesn't need to be the case. The Annual Health Check scheme is for adults and young people aged 14 or above with learning disabilities who need more health support and who…
Children with learning disabilities can have challenging behaviour. Dealing with your child's challenging behaviour can be stressful, but you don't have to tackle it alone. All children can behave in ways that are difficult to deal with - for example, having tantrums, kicking or throwing things. Children who…
The Gateway Card and Gateway Card+ are free cards for children and young people between the ages of 0-17 years who live in the Hampshire County Council area. If you are a parent of a child or young person who needs additional support to attend community…
Every family wants a home that is safe and secure, with enough space to live healthily and happily. There are often straightforward and affordable interventions that families can put in place to adapt their current housing to create an environment where they can manage their…
Light therapy or phototherapy consists of exposure to daylight or to specific wavelengths of light using different types of equipment (such as lasers, light-emitting diodes, fluorescent lamps, dichroic lamps or very bright, full-spectrum light—by a so-called light box). The light is administered for a prescribed…
Neighbouring authorities You may live in Hampshire but access services or schools in another authority or you may live in another authority but access services and schools in Hampshire. In either of the above situations you may need to be aware of our neighbouring authorities’…
The LIG (Local Implementation Group) is a forum for people with learning disabilities, carers and professionals who meet once a month for two hours (except in August) in their local community. The forum is a co-produced Partnership, for adults living in Hampshire and those preparing…
The Local Offer (Local Authority) Support Group consists of 23 local authorities (19 of whom form part of the Department for Education's South East Regional Network). One of the main objectives of the Local Offer group is to share resources, ideas and approaches and conduct peer…