Resources and support for professionals
The DSPL Newsletter is sent to professionals fortnightly with details of the latest courses and resources.
updated the Dacorum Tiered Approach to Transition
March 2025
SEND improvement plan – Quarterly progress update
January 2025
Families First – Hertfordshire with Dacorum & St.Albans Ward
January – December 2024
Performance report
Future Ready; An Employability Project for Young Adult Carers
Hertfordshire Short Term Intervention Project with Caudwell Youth
Caudwell Youth presentation explaining what they do
and the impact they are making on young peoples lives
Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services
(CYPMHS) Commissioning
HertsHub Update for February & March 2025
Funding Opportunities to fund individual,
groups and provision – DEcember 2024
A Tiered approach to secondary
transition in dacorum – Rob weightman
Woodfield Outreach Professionals Training Offer 2023-24
Dacorum Tiered Approach To Transitions
Descriptors of Need and Provision for Mainstream and Specialist Provisions
Early Years SEND Team Local Area Team PVI MNS – StAD
Hertfordshire Children and Young People’s Mental Health System Service Directory
DSPL8 Professionals Training Offer 2023-24
DSPL8 Professionals Newsletter
Hertfordshire Family Centre Service Support Leaflet for Professionals
HCC Statutory SEND Communication Policy
Early Years SEND Team Local Area Team Schools – StAD
NHSE alert and guidance
Strategic Lead for mental health in schools (was CAMHS School Link Manager). Offers Mental Health First Aid training, Level 2 Mental Health Leads training and Kitemark accreditation. To register as a Mental Health Lead or sign up for a course Contact email: SchoolMHTraining@hertfordshire.gov.uk
To access the “Whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing” information and self-review tool plus General Mental Health information such as Wellbeing Signposting Guide for Young People, A parents survival guide, anxiety and self harm toolkit, 5 Ways to Wellbeing, stress bucket, tips for parents, when to worry tool and lots of other useful information; log onto the School section of https://www.healthyyoungmindsinherts.org.uk/
Any login problems, email SchoolMHTraining@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Hertfordshire Steps. Hertfordshire Local Authority recommended training for managing behaviour Contact steps@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Counselling for staff – via employee assistance programmes e.g. Schools Advisory Service (SAS)
Anna Freud Centre “10 Steps towards school staff wellbeing” survey and “Supporting staff wellbeing in schools” booklet. https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/schools-in-mind/resources-for-schools/ten-steps-towards-school-staff-wellbeing/
Protective behaviours. Training for professionals and parents. Contact Fiona Benjamin on Fiona@familiesfeelingsafe.co.uk. www.familiesfeelingsafe.co.uk
My teen brain – One day multi agency training for professionals.
Contact css@hertfordshire.gov.uk