SPECIAL NEEDS

British Dyslexia Association

98 London Road

Reading  RG1 5AU

Helpline 0118 966 8271

email helpline@bdyslexia.org.uk

www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

Promotes early identification and support in schools to ensure opportunities to learn.  Helpline free and confidential.

Contact a Family

209-211 City Road

London  EC1V 1JN

Tel. 0207 608 8700

Helpline 0808 808 3555 (freephone)

email info@cafamily.org.uk

www.cafamily.org.uk

Provides support, advice and information for families with disabled children.

Dyslexia Institute

Head Office and National Training and Resource Centre

Park House

Wick Road

Egham

Surrey  TW20 0HH

Tel. 01784 222300

email london@dyslexia-inst.org.uk and info@dyslexia-inst.org.uk

www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk

Educational charity founded 1972 for the assessment and teaching of people with dyslexia.

Dyslexia Institute Scotland

74 Victoria Crescent Road

Dowanhill

Glasgow  G12 9JN

Tel. 0141 334 4549

email glasgow@dyslexia-inst.org.uk

Dyslexia Institute Wales

14-18 City Road

Cardiff  CF24 3DL

Tel. 029 2048 1122

email cardiff@dyslexia-inst.org.uk

Northern Ireland Dyslexia Association

1/a Upper Newtonards Road

Belfast

Tel. 028 9065 9212

www.nida.org.uk

Dyspraxia Foundation

8 West Alley

Hitchin

Herts  SG5 1EG

Tel. 01462 454986

email admin@dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

National charity offers contact with other members both locally and nationally.

First Steps

1 Taylor Close

Kenilworth

Warwickshire  CV8 2LW

Tel. 01926 864473

Helpline 0845 120 2916

email first.steps@btconnect.com

www.first-steps.org

Registered charity which aims to help, in a practical way, people who suffer from phobias, obsessional compulsive disorder, those with general anxiety, panic attacks, anorexia and bulimia, and those who wish to come off tranquilizers, together with help for their carers.  Also help, advice and support for the carers of those with borderline personality disorder.

National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)

NASEN House

4/5 Amber Business Village

Amber Close

Amington

Tamworth

Staffordshire  B77 4RP

Tel. 01827 311500

email welcome@nasen.org.uk

www.nasen.org.uk

The leading organization in the UK which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special educational needs.