The National Portage Association (NPA) has 153 registered Portage Services in the UK. It provides a home teaching service for preschool children with special educational needs, including physical, learning and behavioural difficulties, and their parents. It also provides training programmes, and support and information for parents and professionals.
A charitable company with a board of trustees, the NPA monitors standards of training and service delivery. Currently, it receives funding from the Department for Education for areas such as quality assurance, research and website development.
Based on the principle that parents are the key figures in the care and development of their child, the NPA helps parents to be confident in this role whatever their child's needs may be. It works towards the child's full participation in day-to-day life in the family and inclusion in the local and wider community.
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