Top Documents
- Essential Guide to the Job Market
- Destinations 2009 School Leavers
- Your Way Forward - Options at 18+
- Essential Guide to Job Hunting
- Transition Guide
- Essential Guide for Parents and Carers of Young People who are Disabled or have a Learning Difficulty
Top Links
Connexions Resources
What information is available for parents?
There are two national Connexions publications for young people and they each have a section in them for Parents and Carers. Which Way Now is aimed at year 9 students. It's Your Choice is for students in years 10 and 11. We order copies for all local authority schools to give out to their students in years 9 and 11. You can download a copy of the parent section here.
You can get your own copy of the young people's publications from:
Phone: 0845 602 2260
Email:connexions@prolog.uk.com
Understanding Your Teenager
This guide for parents has lots of information and local as well as national contacts. It was planned and paid for by the three local authorities and Connexions. It was written a bout 3 years ago but a lot of the information is still relevant and it has local contacts too. Contact us for a copy or ring your local Connexions Centre.
Essential Guide for Parents and Carers of young people who have a learning difficulty or disability
An updated version of this is available now. This is for parents of young people who have a statement of special educational needs and those who are on School Action or School Action Plus registers. Personal Advisers give copies to young people to pass on to their parents. You can download a copy opposite.
See also the section on Learning Difficulties and Disabilities aimed mainly at those working with young people. It has more information about supporting young people who are disabled and/or have a learning difficulty, including useful contacts and transition.
Parentline Plus
This organisation has information just for parents on things like bullying, exam pressure and parenting teenagers. It also has a helpline.
Telephone helpline 0808 800 2222
Web: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
General
Many organisations that provide information on particular issues will have leaflets aimed specifically at parents. For example, The Royal College of Psychiatrists website has a range of informative factsheets available to download.
What resources do Connexions provide for young people?
Our Connexions Centres have a small selection of key reference books, internet access and a supply of leaflets on a range of subjects for young people to take away. We also have a number of software programmes to help with job ideas, higher education course suggestions and information on occupations, working abroad, getting funding, etc.
Connexions/Careers software
We provide most schools and colleges in this area with Kudos and Careerscape. These can help with job ideas and have information about occupations, education, making choices etc. Your son or daughter can use these at home via the Internet. They need to get a password from school.
They can use the Contact Us page to request password details. We will need to check that they are on our database before we can give out the password. We have to do this because of the licence agreement with the company that makes these programmes.
Which Way Now?
This is a free national magazine aimed at year 9 students. Schools normally order this and give it out when they start looking at GCSE options. You can order a copy yourself or download it using the link opposite.
Phone: 0845 602 2260
Email:connexions@prolog.uk.com
www.connexions-direct.com/whichwaynow
It’s Your Choice
This is a free national magazine aimed at year 11 students. Schools normally order this and give it out when they start looking at post 16 options. You can order a copy yourself or download it using the link opposite:
Phone: 0845 602 2260
Email: connexions@prolog.uk.com
www.connexions-direct.com/itsyourchoice
Your Way Forward
This free booklet is aimed at year 12 and college students. It covers post 18 options. It is produced by Connexions Services in the South West and goes into school at the end of February.
Essential Guide: Job Hunting
This free booklet is available in all our centres. It is aimed at those looking for work and training. Download it opposite.
Essential Guide: Job Market
This free booklet was distributed to schools and is available in all our centres. It is about the labour market - where the jobs will be in the future, the need for skills and qualifications, equality issues and so on. It combines factual information with short activities. Download it opposite.
Essential Guide: Post 16 Options
The 2009 version of this free booklet has been produced for year 11 students in Dorset schools only.
Posted on 24 September 2009
