Why an unfortunate series of tweets must be a SEND game-changer
If you were browsing Twitter at the weekend, you may have happened upon a series of most startling and revealing tweets. If you were a bit late, you would most …
Category: SEND Legislation
Edward Timpson and Jane Ellison: “Our reforms are boosting the life chances of children with SEND”
As parent carers we often measure our successes in the little victories we achieve on a day to day basis. They may not seem significant to some, but to us …
What makes a good outcome in an Education, Health and Care Plan?
One of the changes within the SEND reforms is that the support in the statutory Education, Health, and Care Plan must contain outcomes instead of objectives. So what is an …
EHCP Journeys and SEND reviews
The Department for Education recently published some “user experience” research into the SEND reforms to help local areas with gathering family feedback. Ask Research produced a report, Mapping user experiences …
The Great EHCP Swindle
Tania’s note: A parent post today, but it’s not a personal tale of an experience with the new Education, Health and Care Process. Instead, it’s a lesson for everyone involved in the SEND …
Parents’ and Carers’ Guide to the new Special Educational Needs & Disability Inspections
Accountability for the quality of provision in England’s reformed Special Educational Needs and Disability system has long been on parents’ minds. Now, further details about the joint inspection framework for …
SNJ Review: Disabled Children – a Legal Handbook
At the end of last year, there was much excitement in the world of SEND when the second edition of the Disabled Children – a legal handbook was published. For …
The DfE answers your Top 10 questions on the changes in SEN and disability education: Part 2
So, today we have part two of the answers to the Top 10 questions submitted by you, through SNJ, to the Department of Education. Part one, if you missed it, …
The DfE answers your Top 10 questions on the changes in SEN and disability education: Part 1
For our first post of 2016, it’s right back into the thick of it. Last year we asked you to submit your Top 10 questions for the DfE about your …
Will these figures make councils think twice before forcing parents to the SEND Tribunal?
At the end of last week, the government published the detailed statistics from the Special Educational Needs & Disability Tribunal from September 2014-15, i.e the first year of the SEND …
Disabled Students Allowance cuts: Is it time to extend the EHCP to universities?
What do you call it when someone says one thing but their actions show they really mean something quite different? There’s a few words and none of them are very …
Don’t let over 16s fall through the EHCP information cracks
Today is Son1’s (Luca) 18th birthday! When I first started this blog he was just 11 and a very bright but often-difficult to parent, explosive and impulsive child with ADHD …
An SNJ Infographic of the latest SEND statistics 2015
Last week the DfE released its annual “Special educational needs: an analysis and summary of data sources”. It was late but the DfE insists there was nothing “sinister” about this; …
What’s missing in the Special Needs Jungle
We have a sizeable following on Special Needs Jungle both on the site and via social media. However that also gives us a big responsibility to tell it like it …
The role of the SENCO: what do you need to know?
The SENCO has a critical role to play in ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities within a school receive the support they need. Gradually over the years …
Should rich Katie Price pay Harvey’s SEN transport bill? It’s totally the wrong debate.
If you have been sitting in isolation with a power cut due to the snow, you are probably one of the few people who hasn’t heard about the Katie Price …
SEND Commencement Day is finally here. A new era in Special Educational Needs starts today!
September 1st 2014 – SEND Commencement Day! It’s the date that has appeared in the dreams of those in the SEND division of the Department for Education since 2011. Conversely, …
Day 4: The Flow Chart for if you disagree with SEN provision (or lack of it)
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 …
The new SEND system Flow Chart 3: Conducting an Education, Health & Care Assessment
And so, day three… You’ve applied for an assessment for your child’s special educational needs and lo! you get the go ahead from the local authority. What happens next? The …
Advising parents about SEN reform? Don’t bother, unless you know the FACTS
Ed Timpson, the Children & Families Minister in charge of the SEN reforms has made a little YouTube video which seems entirely aimed at emphasisng the role that parent carers …