SEND parents under surveillance… is your council watching you online?
For families of children and young people with SEND, social media is one of the greatest assets we have. It brings isolated families together, it gives us a chance to …
Category: Child Protection
Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) and Perplexing Presentations – New guidance for social work practitioners
with Sally Russell, Trustee, The PDA Society Scientific rigour in medicine is, thankfully, the rule rather than the exception. We want our medicines, procedures, and treatments to be based on …
Protecting Parents from False Allegations of Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII)
False allegations of Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) are on the rise in the SEND community. Parent and Carer Alliance are offering a free webinar to help parents know how to protect themselves.
It is a mistake to assume all vulnerable children are ‘at risk of harm’
Coronavirus has divided Britain into those who are vulnerable and those who are not. But vulnerable means different things to different groups of people, and it’s important to still differentiate between vulnerable because of need and vulnerable because of risk, especially when talking about children with SEND
Safeguarding and children with SEND: What parents need to know
with the Safe Schools Alliance “All organisations that work with or come into contact with children should have safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure that every child, regardless of their …
Restrictive Interventions: We need to change the way we think
With Elly Chapple, parent of a disabled daughter Elly Chapple is back with a hugely important topic. We’ve recently been hearing horror stories about children – many of them with …
Why boosting internet safety and promoting children’s mental health go hand in hand
It’s Children’s Mental Health Week, and the charity, Place2Be, have themed 2018 for children, young people and adults to celebrate their uniqueness. It’s all about #BeingOurselves. Place2Be provides emotional and …
Does child protection guidance discriminate against disabled children?
Safeguarding has become such an integral part of the language we use about children that it is hard to remember the days when the only children that needed this hyper-vigilant …