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• Early Support materials and resources
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• The Family Pack
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Background information booklets

These booklets give general information about how services are organised and what families are entitled to. They are part of the Family Pack but the individual titles are made available here so you can use them separately or in combination with one another, rather than download or order the complete Family Pack.

Select the title you are interested in below to go to the ECM Online publication website where you can either download or order a hard copy for free.

Each title is also available (download only) in the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Cantonese), North African French, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Tamil and Urdu.

• Background information booklet: Introduction
• Background information: People you may meet
• Background information: Childcare
• Background information: Financial help
• Background information: Education
• Background information: Health services
• Background information: Social services
• Background information: Statutory assessment
• Background information: Useful contacts and organisations *

* Available in English only.

Audio format

A complete set of 'spoken' booklets is available on DVD in the following languages:

• Background information booklets: English language DVD audio format [ES58]
• Background information booklets: French language DVD audio format [ES66]
• Background information booklets: Polish language DVD audio format [ES67]
• Background information booklets: Somali language DVD audio format [ES64]
• Background information booklets: Urdu language DVD audio format [ES65]
• Background information booklets: Tamil language DVD audio format [ES68]

To order a DVD, contact DCSF Publications as follows, quoting the reference number in square brackets:

DCSF Publications
PO Box 5050
Sherwood Park
Annesley
Nottingham NG15 0DJ

Phone: 0845 6022 260
Textphone: 0845 6055 560
Fax: 0845 6033 360

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Last updated on 26/01/2010