As a parent carer looking after our own emotional wellbeing can be a challenge at the best of times, this is why Joanna Griffin, parent carer and counselling psychologist has written Day by Day.
While people are emerging out of lockdown, and some children are returning to school, other families remain carefully shielding. While same families have enjoyed the chance to spend more time …
with Caroline Watson & Hannah Watson Today we have a subject that we haven’t covered before on SNJ: Having a child or adolescent who is transgender. It’s not a special …
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The first time I held my eldest as a newborn, it hit me that my needs would never come first again. It may sound strange, but it hadn’t quite occurred …
Every child with SEND has a right to access the best provision to help them reach their potential. Their families must be treated with respect and dignity. Far too often, …
I recently came across a research article in the British Journal of Special Education entitled, Children with SEND and the emotional impact on parents by John Holland with Gabriella Pell, …
Imagine a world you can neither see nor hear, yet you must find a way to grow and thrive within it, feeling your way, using the senses you do have …
Not all Special Educational Needs are immediately obvious. Some are initially hidden, such as dyslexia, autism or ADHD. When parents approach me about their child with SEN of this kind, …
We have adopted a cat, or rather he has adopted us. We’ re no strangers to owning cats, but this is the first time in our renovated home. There is …
With contributions from Angel Kelly, SNJ Mental Health Editor It’s not just tough physically being a parent of a disabled child. The toll on mental health can be extreme. It’s …
In a class of 30+ children, a teacher’s prime objective is to make sure that everyone is working to the best of their ability. Their attention is inevitably drawn to …
For the first four years of the reformed SEND system in England, families had available to them a free Independent Supporter who would assist them through the process of transferring …
A secret: Confidential, untold, not to be made public. In other words something to be hidden. A lie: To speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly. Again, to hide something. Why do we …
Tania’s note: The statistics speak for themselves:17% of all adults with a learning disability in England are in paid work. There will be many reasons for this figure, but one …
‘Teachers leave them kids alone’, the line from Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, must resonate with some parents of children who are different, and who feel their children …
Working and parenthood is the biggest balancing act for so many families. That goes double when your child has a disability. And if you’re a single parent, the challenge is …
We hear all the time about the bad things that are happening in the world of special educational needs and disabilities. The local authorities who aren’t doing what they’re supposed …
My son, Monty, has autism as well as many other, co-morbid conditions. Co-morbidities are conditions which overlap with the ASD diagnosis; for example he has chronic anxiety, ADHD, Tics, Dyslexia …
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 …
