SNJ in 2017: Revealing the truth & explaining the facts about SEND
2017 has been, I’m sorry to say, a year of almost unrelenting misery for families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Back in 2014, when the changed …
Category: SEN News Story Round Up
What we said, where we’ve been, what we made in 2015!
As promised, we’ve rounded up some of our articles from the year by type, which will help many of our readers who have joined us during the year in particular. …
Nice to tweet you.. The SNJ Twitter philosophy
We get lots of new followers on Twitter every week, which is obviously pretty fab. And I’m guessing that they would all like us to follow them back. But we don’t …
The SNJ week in review – posts, presentations and parties!
What an exciting week! On Monday we announced our brand new legal agony aunt, Jane McConnell of IPSEA. She’s already got a bulging postbag – find the post link below. …
SNJ’s Pick of the week – Not to be missed!
We had a post every day last week here on Special Needs Jungle, so check out below for ones you may have missed plus other good stories we spotted shared via Twitter!
Special Needs Jungle Drums!
Some great stories, news and blogs from the last week, curated from us, just for you. Netbuddy Says…: Promoting good mental health for people with learning disabilities The Judith Trust …
Parents on the Warpath…and other stories
It’s been a difficult week for many parents at our school, who have discovered that our LA doesn’t want to pay our statemented sons’ school fees, because there has been …
The Special Needs Jungle Story Selection
The Special Needs Jungle weekly news review is back! It was supposed to be away for just a week while I was in Sweden but last Friday I was just …
Thoughtful special needs blogs, top tips and news you can use
It’s been a busy week for lots of special needs mum bloggers – as you’ll see there are some fabulous, thought-provoking posts from Claire at A Boy With Aspergers and …
All Change: Back to school news with the new draft SEN bill
Back to school for most children this week, except for my boys, whose school finally returns next Tuesday. I’d better check over their uniforms this weekend and get the shoe …
Read SEN & Disability News (Quick before they ban disability)
The spotlight is firmly on disability in the media at the moment, with the Paralympics underway, not to mention the ATOS games as disability rights protestors demonstrate against the government’s …
August’s top bank holiday SEND stories
After a two week break, the Special Needs Jungle weekly curation of the best of special needs posts is BACK! I’ve tried to include stories I tweeted while I was …
Autism updates, SEN stories and happy holidays!
My top story this week is just out – a 90,000 drop in the number of children identified as having SEN. Do I think that SEN is on the decline? …
SEN and disability stories you mustn’t miss
The summer holidays may be underway but the silly season for news certainly doesn’t seem to have arrived as far as news and great blogs go. Although, as this is …
Finally: summer, special needs stories and a teenage birthday
Ah, so school’s out for pretty much everyone from today..just in time for the summer sunshine to finally show itself. Although my boys are enjoying the end of their second …
SEN reform views and other news
Yesterday I spoke on behalf of Family Voice Surrey at the Surrey County Council SEN pathfinder launch in Cobham. In attendance was Stephen Kingdom, a senior DfE official. I took …
Keep out of the rain this weekend and review the week’s special needs stories instead
Today is the last day of school for my boys, apart from Founder’s Day, tomorrow and we’re all praying for the weather to be kind as teachers, staff, 400 boys …
Fantastic week for awards – and some special needs news you can use too!
So, er, I’ll just mention it one more time – Special Needs Jungle WON the CHANGE award in the BritMums Brilliance in Blogging awards last Friday evening. Wowser! I’ve never …
Catch up on some fab Special Needs news and blogs from this week
So, later today I am heading out for the BritMums bloggers conference and awards. As you know, Special Needs Jungle is a finalist in the ‘Change’ category. As something of …
The week’s scoop on special needs and disability stories
Today (Friday) is a day full of SEN green paper meetings for the Surrey pathfinder for me and tomorrow it’s the long-awaited Towards a Positive Future SEN conference for which …