Getting the national picture: Tell us your local SEND funding cuts stories
by Tania Tirraoro and Matt Keer Tania: There is a national SEND funding crisis – we know this, but it seems the Department for Education (or at least some parts of …
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Special educational needs reforms in Wales: All change for ALN
England isn’t the only country in the UK to be going through reforms in special educational needs. As Cardiff-based SEN specialist solicitor, Ed Duff, of HCB solicitors wrote here a …
Speech, language and communication needs: have your say and help change the future
We’ve covered the Bercow: Ten Years On review last year, when Barney looked at its recommendations a decade ago and what became of them. Today, we are really pleased to have …
The SEN reforms in Wales: What parents need to know
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, …
SEND Inspections: Are they bringing accountability? Your views needed
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 …
Plain and Simple – Personal Budgets are about having control
Today, we are really delighted to have a guest post from Nic Crosby from In-Control. Personal Budgets are something many of us have heard about, a few of us have been …
Special Educational Needs and Disability Pathfinder final report
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 …
Perplexed by the new SEND rules? Jane has more answers to your legal agony.
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 …
Jane from IPSEA answers more of your SEND legal questions.
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 …
A Potential Diamond helps young adults with autism shine in employment
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 …
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 …
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 …