It feels like decades since “hopeful beginnings” for a new school year was a reality, even before the actual fabric of school buildings threatened to fall. For parents of vulnerable …
with Eliza Fricker, SEND parent and illustrator Eliza Fricker is an illustrator and designer, who is also the parent to her daughter who has a type of autism known as …
I wrote this post yesterday in the wake of the leak of Government schools funding. This evening, Boris Johnson has made the announcement official – more than was expected for …
Formerly known as the PDA Contact Group, the PDA Society aims to offer support, advice and information to anyone involved with an individual with PDA, whether suspected or diagnosed, child …
We’re hearing much more in the last few years about Pathological Demand Avoidance, a condition on the autism spectrum, although many parents are still finding it difficult to get PDA …
If you’ve been following the horrific stories of young people with autism who are locked away or who have died while “resident” in Assessment and Treatment Units or ATUs, you …
The EHCP process flow charts that we collaborated with the Department for Education on in 2014 had become out of date since the ending of the Independent Support service. So, …
This post is sponsored by JKP Publishers* I have a lot of neurodivergence in my life and I can’t pin all of it on my husband. It comes in various …
A brief update today. Despite it being the middle of summer, the Department for Education is still pumping out information that you, perhaps being on hols, might have overlooked. The first …
Time for a quick update on what’s happening in the world of SEND for you today. A while ago, we told you that the services that support parents and young …
Back in 2012, SNJ ran a parent story from a mum, Debs, who had been having lots of difficulty finding the right school for her son who had been diagnosed with …
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) has long been recognised as being a condition related to autism. In fact, until recently, it was listed on the National Autistic Society (NAS) website as …
Tania writes… A quick update on the 17 boys, all with some form of special needs, including my eldest, who’ve headed off from More House School in Frensham to climb …
The PDA Contact Group have guest written a post for us – if you are experiencing this with your child, please get in touch. PDA is a very unknown, rarely …
Hope your summer is going okay! We’re just back from Italy where we were devoured by relentless mosquitos day and night. Just thought you might like to read this pdf …
My top story this week is just out – a 90,000 drop in the number of children identified as having SEN. Do I think that SEN is on the decline? …
Source: Epolitix: Conservative MP John Bercow makes the case for his Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons. Through my work conducting …
Amy Skipp, ASK Resesarch, and Jenna Julius, NFER Over the last few weeks, NFER and ASK Research have published a three-part research series, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, investigating the …
The new SEND Minister, David Johnston, has denied the Government is working towards cuts of 20% in EHCPs for local authorities on its “Delivering Better Value” (DBV) programme, as we …
by Eleanor Wright, CEO of SEND legal charity, SOSSEN As well as updated exclusions guidance, the Department for Education also issued updated guidance on school transport just before the summer …
