Website Terms & Disclaimers

You may use this website for lawful personal, educational and professional purposes.

You must not:

• Use the website in any unlawful, fraudulent or harmful way.
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website or interfere with its security or operation.
• Introduce viruses, malicious code or other harmful material.
• Use automated tools to scrape, extract or reproduce substantial parts of the website.
• Misrepresent ELM Editions’ content or suggest an endorsement, partnership or affiliation that does not exist.

You may share links to publicly available pages, provided this is done fairly and does not damage the reputation of ELM Editions.

Unless otherwise stated, the original writing, illustrations, graphics, frameworks, branding and other content published on this website are owned by or licensed to ELM Editions and are protected by copyright and other intellectual-property laws.

You may view the website and quote brief extracts for lawful personal, educational or professional purposes, provided that ELM Editions is clearly acknowledged and the content is not changed or presented misleadingly.

You must not, without prior written permission:

• Copy, reproduce, republish or distribute the whole or a substantial part of our content.
• Alter, adapt or create derivative versions of ELM Editions’ original materials.
• Remove copyright notices, watermarks or ownership markings.
• Use our content for commercial purposes.
• Use the ELM Editions name, logo or branding in a way that suggests an unauthorised connection or endorsement.

Downloadable resources may have their own permitted-use conditions, which must also be followed.

Nothing on this website transfers ownership of any intellectual-property rights to you.

ELM Editions provides general educational information and guidance about SEND, school distress, EBSA, family experiences and supportive practice.

Content on this website is not tailored to any individual child, family, school or organisation. It is not a substitute for an individual assessment or for medical, mental-health, educational, safeguarding, legal or other professional advice.

You should use your own judgement and seek appropriately qualified professional support where needed before acting—or deciding not to act—on information from this website.

Using this website or contacting ELM Editions does not create a medical, therapeutic, legal or other professional-client relationship.

We take reasonable care to ensure that information on this website is accurate and up to date when published.

However, we cannot guarantee that all content will always be complete, current or free from errors. We may update, change or remove content when necessary.

We do not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or free from technical faults. Access may occasionally be suspended for maintenance or for reasons beyond our reasonable control.

If you notice an error, please contact ELM Editions so that we can review it.

This website may contain links to external websites or resources provided by third parties.

These links are provided for information and convenience only. ELM Editions does not control external websites and is not responsible for their content, accuracy, availability, security or privacy practices.

Including a link does not mean that ELM Editions endorses the website, organisation, service or views expressed there.

You should review the terms and privacy information of any external website you visit.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for:

• Death or personal injury caused by negligence.
• Fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, ELM Editions is not responsible for:

• Loss or damage that was not reasonably foreseeable.
• Loss caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
• The actions, content or availability of external websites or services we do not control.
• Business losses, including loss of profit, revenue, opportunity or data, arising from use of this general-information website.

Nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

ELM Editions is not an emergency, crisis or safeguarding service. This website and its contact form are not monitored continuously and must not be used to seek urgent help or report someone at immediate risk.

If you believe someone is in immediate danger, contact the emergency services. For safeguarding concerns, contact the relevant local authority children’s or adult social care service. For urgent health or mental-health support, use the appropriate NHS urgent-care service.

ELM Editions cannot assess risk, investigate safeguarding concerns or provide individual crisis support through this website.

Any personal information you provide through this website will be handled as explained in our Privacy & Cookies page.

That page describes how ELM Editions collects, uses, protects and retains personal information, your data-protection rights and the choices available regarding cookies and email updates.

Contacting ELM Editions does not automatically add you to a marketing list. We will send news and launch updates only where you have actively chosen to receive them.

We may update these Website Terms & Disclaimers from time to time to reflect changes to this website, our services or legal requirements.

The latest version will always appear on this page, together with the date it was last updated.

Please review this page occasionally. If you do not agree with any updated terms, you should stop using the website.