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SNJ in 2017: Revealing the truth & explaining the facts about SEND
Reviews, SEN News Story Round Up, special needs

SNJ in 2017: Revealing the truth & explaining the facts about SEND

By Tania Tirraoro December 29, 2017 December 28, 2017

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 …

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What we said, where we’ve been, what we made in 2015!
Pick of the Tweets, SEN News Story Round Up

What we said, where we’ve been, what we made in 2015!

By Tania Tirraoro December 30, 2015 December 30, 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. …

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Nice to tweet you.. The SNJ Twitter philosophy
Campaigns, Pick of the Tweets, SEN News Story Round Up, special needs, Twitter Chat

Nice to tweet you.. The SNJ Twitter philosophy

By Tania Tirraoro January 16, 2015 July 2, 2016

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 …

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The SNJ week in review – posts, presentations and parties!
SEN News Story Round Up

The SNJ week in review – posts, presentations and parties!

By Tania Tirraoro September 27, 2014 September 27, 2014

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. …

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SNJ’s Pick of the week – Not to be missed!
SEN News Story Round Up, special needs

SNJ’s Pick of the week – Not to be missed!

By Tania Tirraoro February 16, 2014 February 16, 2014

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!

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Special Needs Jungle Drums!
SEN News Story Round Up, special needs

Special Needs Jungle Drums!

By Tania Tirraoro May 10, 2013 September 29, 2013

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 …

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Parents on the Warpath…and other stories
Disability Financial Help, SEN News Story Round Up, special needs

Parents on the Warpath…and other stories

By Tania Tirraoro October 19, 2012 September 29, 2013

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 …

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The Special Needs Jungle Story Selection
Disability, SEN News Story Round Up

The Special Needs Jungle Story Selection

By Tania Tirraoro October 12, 2012 May 15, 2020

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 …

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Thoughtful special needs blogs, top tips and news you can use
SEN News Story Round Up, special needs

Thoughtful special needs blogs, top tips and news you can use

By Tania Tirraoro September 21, 2012 May 15, 2020

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 …

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All Change: Back to school news with the new draft SEN bill
SEN News Story Round Up, SEN Reforms

All Change: Back to school news with the new draft SEN bill

By Tania Tirraoro September 7, 2012 April 12, 2022

Back to school for most children this week, except for my kids, whose school finally returns next Tuesday. I’d better check over their uniforms this weekend and get the shoe …

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Read SEN & Disability News (Quick before they ban disability)
SEN News Story Round Up, special needs

Read SEN & Disability News (Quick before they ban disability)

By Tania Tirraoro August 31, 2012 September 29, 2013

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 …

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August’s top bank holiday SEND stories
SEN News Story Round Up, special needs

August’s top bank holiday SEND stories

By Tania Tirraoro August 24, 2012 May 15, 2020

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 …

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Autism updates, SEN stories and happy holidays!
SEN News Story Round Up

Autism updates, SEN stories and happy holidays!

By Tania Tirraoro August 3, 2012 February 5, 2015

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? …

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SEN and disability stories you mustn’t miss
SEN News Story Round Up, SEND Politics

SEN and disability stories you mustn’t miss

By Tania Tirraoro July 27, 2012 September 29, 2013

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 …

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Finally: summer, special needs stories and a teenage birthday
Personal Posts, SEN News Story Round Up

Finally: summer, special needs stories and a teenage birthday

By Tania Tirraoro July 20, 2012 May 15, 2020

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 …

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SEN reform views and other news
SEN News Story Round Up, SEN Reforms

SEN reform views and other news

By Tania Tirraoro July 13, 2012 September 29, 2013

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 …

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Keep out of the rain this weekend and review the week’s special needs stories instead
SEN News Story Round Up

Keep out of the rain this weekend and review the week’s special needs stories instead

By Tania Tirraoro July 6, 2012 September 29, 2013

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 …

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Fantastic week for awards – and some special needs news you can use too!
SEN News Story Round Up

Fantastic week for awards – and some special needs news you can use too!

By Tania Tirraoro June 29, 2012 September 29, 2013

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 …

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Catch up on some fab Special Needs news and blogs from this week
SEN News Story Round Up

Catch up on some fab Special Needs news and blogs from this week

By Tania Tirraoro June 22, 2012 May 15, 2020

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 …

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The week’s scoop on special needs and disability stories
SEN News Story Round Up

The week’s scoop on special needs and disability stories

By Tania Tirraoro June 15, 2012 May 15, 2020

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 …

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