‘Critically, we agree with what we heard during the consultation: that the national system should be co-produced with families, children and young people, so we can build their confidence that …
with Richard Lamplough, My Employment Passport This autumn, thousands of parents will be waving off or delivering their young people to universities up and down the land (or even overseas). …
Carrie Grant MBE, SEND parent, advocate, and media personality is back to talk about her new book, “Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in UK schools: A parent’s perspective,” Teachers …
with Christopher Robertson, independent academic and author, policy analyst and adviser The SEND Review is promised before Easter with a full consultation. But does this mean that everything in the …
with Professor Adam Boddison Many parents of children with SEND will have come across the term “Coproduction”. It means having an equal and active role in designing whatever it is …
Recently, I wrote an article based on positive things schools/teachers had done to help your child, based on parental contributions on our Facebook group, SNJ, let’s Talk about SEND. I …
with Linda Jordan of NDTi We have probably all heard of person-centred planning and that it’s a jolly good idea when organising and commissioning services for disabled people, especially when …
With Dr Jane Hood, Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychologist and Educational Psychologist & Rob Webster, Associate Professor,Centre for Inclusive Education, UCL Institute of Education In part one of this blog, we explained …
With Dr Jane Hood, Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychologist and Educational Psychologist & Rob Webster, Associate Professor, Centre for Inclusive Education, UCL Institute of Education Tania’s note: Today we have the first …
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, says 87%, or 9 in 10, of complaints about the Education, Health and Care plan process are found in favour of parents, describing …
Back when my youngest was in mainstream, they didn’t yet have statutory support. Although the infant feeder school would have sent notes on to the junior school, as their parent, …
Tania’s note: Hannah Moloney was the author of a research study into the SENCo workload that I wrote about on SNJ here. She’s a current class SENCo, researcher, and sat …
SNJ is read by lots of SENCos and other school staff, which is pretty amazing, considering it started out as a blog by parents for parents. Of course, the advice …
Ever looked at all these SEND conferences that get held around the country and wondered why they always seem to be talking about children and young people with SEND, but …
One of the big things that was supported to be improved for disabled children and families was person-centred planning. De-jargonned, that means making the provision fit the person and not …
Tania’s note: Matt Keer, the parent of children who are deaf, is a whizz at figures. He’s written for us before and helped SNJ numerous times. Happily, he’s joining now our team …
As parent carers we often measure our successes in the little victories we achieve on a day to day basis. They may not seem significant to some, but to us …
It’s been a busy week hasn’t it? The budget revealed further cuts in the offing for disabled people – although Nicky Morgan said later they were just a “suggestion”, which …
I post a lot of information on the SNJ social media accounts; it’s part of my role as one of SNJ’s Directors. However, there are always going to be posts …
Parent carers often emphasise what they’d like to have more ‘respect’ from practitioners and service providers. But what does that actually mean? For some, that may mean referring to us …
