Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Each year there is a different focus to the day, and this year the focus is Disability-Inclusive Sustainable Development Goals. Many Local …
The new Children and Families Act is supposedly person (and family) centred, i.e. the child (and family) should be at the centre of all decisions made about them. The services …
It seems that yesterday’s post resonated with many, but what most missed was the little reference to my “not mentioning” a non-statutory “Pathways Plan” our LA had invented. I first …
Recently, we shared with you a a list of things people had said to families; the ignorant things that no family should have to hear. The response to this post on social …
A month in and the new SEN system is still an unknown quantity for many schools. SENCos are still getting to grips with what will replace the IEP and are …
I think, somehow, that this might prove to be an oft visited post. While the government’s aims are for high quality SENCos to interpret the new SEND Code of Practice …
We are approaching the SEN reform legislative finish line with Parliamentary approval of the new SEND Code of Practice so close I can feel its breath on the back of …
Last Thursday, I was representing Special Needs Jungle among a group of parent carer organisations and forums at the Department for Education. We were there to talk about how best …
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 …
Debs writes… The Children and Families Bill, currently working its way through parliament is very big on practitioners in education, health and social care working in partnership with parents – …
Tania writes: Last week I spoke at a top-level conference for council Chief Executives and Leaders from the SE7 – seven local authorities across the south-east of England. I was …
