The Children and Families Act 2014 is born
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
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 …
The @SpcialNdsJungle top tweet picks this week
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
Learning to spot speech & language problems from our newest SNJ Columnists
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 …
Anti-Bullying Week 2013: The Future is Ours. Safe, Fun and Connected
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 …
World Diabetes Day: How Type 1 affects children
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 …
Hey, Earl Howe! We’re carers too!
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 …
Brian Lamb’s Top 10 Tips for Engaging Parents
Since the publication of the Lamb Inquiry on Parental Confidence in Special Educational Needs, I am often asked what are the best ways of ensuring that parent’s confidence is increased …