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Special Needs Jungle was founded in 2008 as a personal SEN blog by Tania Tirraoro. It is now a multi-author, award-winning site covering special needs, disability, mental health and rare conditions in children & young people birth-25 years.
The SEN reforms in Wales: What parents need to know
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The SEN reforms in Wales: What parents need to know

By Special Needs Jungle February 14, 2017 February 13, 2017

For the last year, I’ve been monitoring the start of consultations and legislation for the Welsh government’s reforms to their special educational needs system, or Additional Learning Needs (ALN). Now, …

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SEND Inspections: Are they bringing accountability? Your views needed
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SEND Inspections: Are they bringing accountability? Your views needed

By Special Needs Jungle September 13, 2016 September 13, 2016

As you know, we’ve been following the development of the SEND inspections developed jointly by Ofsted and CQC. Barney has even written a helpful guide for parents to help you …

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Special Educational Needs and Disability Pathfinder final report
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Special Educational Needs and Disability Pathfinder final report

By Special Needs Jungle July 31, 2015 March 9, 2020

In September 2014, most of the Pathfinder local authorities, testing the SEND reforms came to an end and the reality of the changes came into force. Yesterday, the Department for …

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Perplexed by the new SEND rules? Jane has more answers to your legal agony.
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Perplexed by the new SEND rules? Jane has more answers to your legal agony.

By Special Needs Jungle January 9, 2015 January 8, 2015

Our lovely Legal Agony Aunt service that we bring you in collaboration with Jane McConnell, CEO of the brilliant legal charity, IPSEA is proving popular, parents and advocates alike are really enjoying …

Read more"Perplexed by the new SEND rules? Jane has more answers to your legal agony."
Jane from IPSEA answers more of your SEND legal questions.
Legal Agony Aunt

Jane from IPSEA answers more of your SEND legal questions.

By Special Needs Jungle December 19, 2014 December 21, 2014

The response to our Legal Agony Aunt service that we bring you in collaboration with Jane McConnell, CEO of the brilliant legal charity, IPSEA continues to be amazing! With the new …

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A Potential Diamond helps young adults with autism shine in employment
Autism, Preparing for Adulthood, special needs, Transition

A Potential Diamond helps young adults with autism shine in employment

By Special Needs Jungle September 12, 2014 September 9, 2014

With the new SEND system giving help to young people, in some cases, as far as age 25, more attention is being focused on what happens to young adults with …

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The Children and Families Act 2014 is born
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The Children and Families Act 2014 is born

By Special Needs Jungle March 13, 2014 January 3, 2018

Down at the Department for Education, the collective breath of expectant Ministers and civil servants was being held. Then, a cry sounded as news filtered through.. a joyous birth… It’s …

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SEN & Disability – the long and winding road
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SEN & Disability – the long and winding road

By Special Needs Jungle February 26, 2014 February 25, 2014

Today we’re thrilled to bring you a guest article from Lorraine Petersen OBE, who was until recently, the chief executive of NASEN, The National Association for Special Educational Needs. She …

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The @SpcialNdsJungle top tweet picks this week
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The @SpcialNdsJungle top tweet picks this week

By Special Needs Jungle January 26, 2014 January 26, 2014

A round up of what we tweeted, great links you might have missed (and you don’t end to be on Twitter to read them

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Learning to spot speech & language problems from our newest SNJ Columnists
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Learning to spot speech & language problems from our newest SNJ Columnists

By Special Needs Jungle November 22, 2013 November 22, 2013

Today it’s our pleasure to welcome the two lovely ladies, Helen & Elizabeth from SpeechBlogUK as our latest columnists. As the blog name implies, they are both that endangered species, the …

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Anti-Bullying Week 2013: The Future is Ours. Safe, Fun and Connected
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Anti-Bullying Week 2013: The Future is Ours. Safe, Fun and Connected

By Special Needs Jungle November 18, 2013 November 13, 2016

This is a post you need to read and share if you have children who are online, whether they have SEN or not. It’s about Anti-Bullying Week and while this …

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World Diabetes Day: How Type 1 affects children
diabetes, Health, SEND Politics, SEND Resources, special needs

World Diabetes Day: How Type 1 affects children

By Special Needs Jungle November 14, 2013 May 9, 2014

Today marks World Diabetes Day and we are delighted to have a guest article by Fiona Faure from The Children With Diabetes Advocacy Group. Both of  Fiona’s children have type 1 …

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Hey, Earl Howe! We’re carers too!
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Hey, Earl Howe! We’re carers too!

By Special Needs Jungle October 27, 2013 October 30, 2013

We’re a little miffed here at SNJ. You might even describe it as pretty ticked off to say the least. For more than a year, the focus for us as …

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Brian Lamb’s Top 10 Tips for Engaging Parents
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Brian Lamb’s Top 10 Tips for Engaging Parents

By Special Needs Jungle July 8, 2013 July 5, 2018

Debs writes…. As you know, I’m co-chair Kent PEPs (Kent’s Parent Carer Forum). Last month, we held our first Conference for Parents and Practitioners to promote the value of co-production …

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