SEN Green Paper response round up and other special needs stories
It’s been something of an eventful week for both Special Needs and Special Needs Jungle. Last week, I was called up by a reporter from the Daily Telegraph to ask …
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SEN – The Next Steps – My views & Meridian Tonight feature
So, there’s been much furore today about the headlines for proposals that 450,000 children be ‘struck off’ the SEN register. This is a bit of a stupid headline, to say …
A Good Image for Asperger Syndrome
I’m about to blow my own trumpet, so look away now if you’re not into hearing people’s good news… I’ve just published my novel, This Last Summer, on Amazon Kindle …
Long ago..when I was somebody
Long, long ago, before I was ‘Special Needs Mum’, I had a great career as a television journalist and news reader. I loved it – the job, the lifestyle, the …
Surrey to review SEN Assessments
I recently attended a Partnership with Parents workshop in Surrey. The subject matters were an explanation of the new SEND rules given by one of the co-chairmen,an update on the …