You may be feeling like the Department for Education has beaten you into submission this year with confusing consultation after consultation, claiming to be “listening” while analysing your responses with …
with Phil Smith, Consultant, NASBTT It’s well known that newly minted teachers often find they arrive in their classrooms without the training they deserve to support growing numbers of children …
with Adam Petrie, educator Here’s a scenario almost every SEND family recognises: when you report to school an issue you see at home, the school says, “we don’t see that …
The current SEND reform process already feels like it’s been going on forever. But we’re only just starting to reach the end of the beginning. The Department for Education (DfE) …
by Alison Betts, National Coordinator, Whole School SEND For the last few years, Whole School SEND, part of nasen has provided free, government-funded SEND training for schools. Still, staff in …
Over the past year, families and professionals have been presented with a series of SEND reform proposals that have at best felt somewhat incoherent. They certainly have not felt as …
with Joy Mason CEO, Mast Cell Action When the government published its consultation updating guidance on “Supporting Children with medical conditions at school”, we at SNJ were pleasantly surprised to …
We’ve been flat out over recent months both responding to skewed Government consultations, shoehorning in what needs to be said, and supporting our collaborative Save Our Children’s Rights coalition. We’re …
by Dr Charlie Bamford, Principal Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director Around 300,000 people in England currently have an open referral for suspected autism. During that time, children still need appropriate …
By Gosia Kwiatkowska, Director, Rix Inclusive Research Institute, University of East London For many families, one of the biggest questions after school is whether their young person will still have …
Chris Packham, Carrie Grant, Sally Phillips, Kellie Bright and many high-profile SEND names and organisations have urged the Prime Minister to scrap plans to weaken children’s legal rights. In a …
By Jonathan Beebee, Neurodisability Nurse Consultant Despite what many families are told, the SEND Code of Practice 2015 says a diagnosis isn’t needed to get support. It was intended to …
By Jon Paxman, Senior Research Associate at the Relationships Foundation (Cambridge) While the SEND reforms aim for stronger inclusion, most people still do not believe a one‑size‑fits‑all model of full‑time …
We did it! Again! Yesterday evening, the Save SEND Legal Rights petition started by Tee-Jay, a fantastic autistic campaigner who is just 15 years old, galloped past the post of …
By Jacqui Brett, LLB (Law), BSc (OT), PG Cert Prof Dev (OT), PG Cert (SI), MRCOT, HCPC The Government’s new Experts at Hand programme sounds like exactly what families have …
By: An ADHD Mum For the last year, parents have been asked to participate in Department for Education SEND faux “conversations“, unsatisfactory webinars, and numerous impenetrable consultations that only the …
With Central Bedfordshire SEND Action Group As we continue to campaign against the Government’s plans to cut SEND rights, local authorities are waiting impatiently for the day when many of …
By Dr Lucy Robinson, Cardiff University During her tenure as education secretary, Bridget Phillipson was clear that her vision for mainstream inclusion involved children being “able to go to school …
Help Measure what Matters challenge the practices that leave children without education… and families fighting the same battles, again and again. A child’s education should never depend on whether a …
The DfE published a Child Rights Impact Assessment on the same day as its Schools White Paper and SEND proposals. It’s something we should have examined earlier, but there is …
As parent carers are all too aware, their relationship with SEND case officers can range from positive and constructive to adversarial and a complete breakdown. A recent research article by …
