For some children, a mainstream school setting can be overwhelming, particularly if they have learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyscalculia or find it otherwise difficult to learn in the same …
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 …
Today I’m feeling a little sad. Youngest is off school again with joint pains in his legs. We’ve just been for a blood test and he is awaiting an appointment …
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 …
The last week has been really hectic with my boys going back to school and a huge workload, but I’ve just been prompted by a blog comment to write about just …
Apologies to my email subscribers about the unfinished nature of their last post – it was, in fact, beautifully finished, with a hand crafted image – my weekly round up. …
News today of a great initiative to help young people who are socially disadvantaged to gain valuable work experience and find a potential new career path. The UK’s largest children’s …
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 …
Many of our children have to be referred to CAMHS – The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service – to help manage their behavioural difficulties or perhaps if they are …
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 …
This is a reblog of a great post from Debs at ChaosinKent. Debs is one of my personal heroines. She has three kids with special needs and is just an …
This post originally appeared on the DownSideUp blog of Hayley Goleniowski, who writes about life with her beautiful daughter, natty, who has Down’s Syndrome. I thought it was such a great …
Tania says: We’re heading off for Italy this weekend and because both kids are autistic, we’ve always rented a villa with a pool and taken their Grandma and Nonno along …
Last night we had the privilege of going to see Dr Temple Grandin, the autistic woman famous for inventing humane animal handling systems. Dr Grandin is also a renowned expert …
I just read this blog post and thought, even though we’re mums, not ‘moms’ that the sentiment is just the same. Hope you enjoy it!
Hope you’re all enjoying the Jubilee holiday. This blog often talks about the challenges faced by our SEN & disabled children and the struggles by parents to get them the help they …
I’ve just read this really insightful blog by Violet’s Diary and wanted to share it with you.
An US company that offers a unique therapy to help parents and professionals communicate better with children with autism/special needs, is offering London-based workshops in the the technique. Floortime is …
Just a quick one – to say THANK YOU to everyone who voted for Special Needs Jungle in the UK BritMums Brilliance in Blogging Awards 2012. It’s just been announced …
