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Category: <span>Treatment & Therapy</span>
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Tapping: A gentler way to deal with EBSA and school anxiety? Free workshop offered
Guest Posts, Treatment & Therapy

Tapping: A gentler way to deal with EBSA and school anxiety? Free workshop offered

By Special Needs Jungle November 11, 2024 November 6, 2024

with Esther Freeman, EFT practitioner If your child struggles with school anxiety and you don’t know where to turn, you may be interested in a free workshop being offered for …

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Therapy resources for families of children with additional needs
Columnists, Mental Health, Resources, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

Therapy resources for families of children with additional needs

By Angela Kelly May 20, 2021 May 20, 2021

I often get asked lots of questions by parents looking for support for their children. Naturally, parents are keen to find out who I am and what I can do …

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How can children be traumatised just by going to school?
Columnists, Mental Health, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

How can children be traumatised just by going to school?

By Angela Kelly January 29, 2019 January 28, 2019

 In a post titled Send Children Being Traumatised By Not Getting Help Needed in School, Tania recently touched on the subject of SEN children becoming traumatised by the education system. She wrote about …

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Irlen syndrome: a screener’s perspective
Guest Posts, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

Irlen syndrome: a screener’s perspective

By Marguerite Haye June 6, 2017 June 5, 2017

Back in 2012, we ran a parent story about her son’s difficulties, “When the words move by themselves – it could be Visual Stress.” It’s also known as Irlen syndrome and …

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How Yoga can help your special needs child
Mental Health, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

How Yoga can help your special needs child

By Tania Tirraoro August 11, 2016 October 29, 2016

We’ve run a couple of posts on SNJ from Lorraine Senior about Reflexology for children with special needs. They were really appreciated by readers so I’m delighted to be able to bring …

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How do people with autism experience empathy?
Autism, social anxiety disorder, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

How do people with autism experience empathy?

By Angela Kelly July 11, 2016 July 9, 2016

I decided to write about this as a result of an article I posted on SNJ’s social media a while back about autism and empathy. It had such a great response …

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All about The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
Guest Posts, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

All about The Challenging Behaviour Foundation

By Tania Tirraoro May 6, 2015 May 5, 2015

Challenging Behaviour. As parents, we’ve all experienced it at one time or another and as children we’ve probably exhibited some as well. It’s part of growing up. But for some …

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Sensory Occupational Therapy for Sensory Processing Disorder
Columnists, Downs Syndrome, Guest Posts, special needs, Therapies, Treatment & Therapy

Sensory Occupational Therapy for Sensory Processing Disorder

By Hayley Newman February 13, 2015 February 12, 2015

Emily Alexander has a magical secret… she works for Santa at The International Elf Service. She is also a Registered Osteopath and a Mum to a wonderful little boy who has …

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When and how to access speech and language therapy
Columnists, Health, special needs, speech & language, Treatment & Therapy

When and how to access speech and language therapy

By Helen Coleman SpeechBlogUK March 7, 2014 August 20, 2020

When you are concerned about your child’s development, it can be worrying and difficult to know where to go for support.  I often have conversations with people who are unsure …

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Top tips for preparing for medical appointments
Columnists, special needs, speech & language, TopTips, Treatment & Therapy

Top tips for preparing for medical appointments

By Elizabeth Gunner SpeechBlogUK February 21, 2014 February 21, 2014

Elizabeth writes… It can be daunting going to any appointment. I see myself as relatively level-headed and as a speech therapist, have lots of experience talking to different professionals. However, …

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My son has autism! Is anyone listening?
Columnists, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

My son has autism! Is anyone listening?

By Angela Kelly February 7, 2014 February 6, 2014

Hello…can you hear me? Are you listening? I mean really listening? How often do we really listen to each other? I don’t mean just hearing someone speak and then waiting …

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Is this ASD research a potential game-changer?
Autism, Treatment & Therapy

Is this ASD research a potential game-changer?

By Tania Tirraoro May 11, 2013 September 29, 2013

There is new research and findings about causes and potential therapies for autism every week, but the following caught my eye in particular. I’ve reproduced a section below and you …

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Top Tips for Speech and Language Therapy – Part Two
SEND Resources, Treatment & Therapy

Top Tips for Speech and Language Therapy – Part Two

By Tania Tirraoro February 12, 2013 September 29, 2013

Here is the second part of top tips for speech and language therapy from Helen & Elizabeth at SpeechBlogUK. If you have any tips that have proved useful, please do …

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Top Tips for Speech and Language Therapy – Part One
Health, SEND Resources, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

Top Tips for Speech and Language Therapy – Part One

By Helen Coleman SpeechBlogUK February 11, 2013 October 16, 2016

As is often the case, I come across great resources and services for children with special needs on Twitter. I then cheekily ask them if they’d like to contribute a …

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Charlotte’s amazing brain – a heartfelt story about childhood stroke
Health, Top Picks, Treatment & Therapy

Charlotte’s amazing brain – a heartfelt story about childhood stroke

By Tania Tirraoro November 14, 2012 June 29, 2015

I happened upon a new blog via Twitter the other day, which told a powerful and emotional story about a young girl who suffered childhood stroke, was close to death, …

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The Brain Injury Hub – a brilliant resource
Health, Meningitis, SEND Resources, TopTips, Treatment & Therapy

The Brain Injury Hub – a brilliant resource

By Tania Tirraoro October 31, 2012 June 29, 2015

As part of Family Voice Surrey, I have visited The Children’s Trust in Tadworth a number of times as they kindly lend us a room for our meetings. The Children’s …

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10 Tips for Developing Your Child’s Language Skills
Really useful site, SEND Resources, Top Picks, TopTips, Treatment & Therapy

10 Tips for Developing Your Child’s Language Skills

By Tania Tirraoro October 29, 2012 September 29, 2013

I recently met Vanessa King, when she joined our Women in Business Network group in Farnham. Vanessa is a qualified teacher, parent, toastmaster and an expert in teaching confident speaking …

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Volunteering: The best way to spend your summer
Columnists, Personal Posts, Rare Disease, SEN & Disability Charities, SEND Resources, special needs, Top Picks, Treatment & Therapy

Volunteering: The best way to spend your summer

By Robert Pleticha: RareConnect August 1, 2012 December 13, 2022

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 …

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Floortime for Autism winner!
Treatment & Therapy

Floortime for Autism winner!

By Tania Tirraoro June 7, 2012 September 29, 2013

A couple of weeks ago I featured an article about Floortime therapy for autism. See the post here. We ran a competition for a free ticket and the winner is: Sarah …

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If ‘child centred’ help is a no-brainer, why isn’t it happening?
CAMHS, Disability Financial Help, SEN Green Paper, special educational needs, special needs, Treatment & Therapy

If ‘child centred’ help is a no-brainer, why isn’t it happening?

By Tania Tirraoro May 2, 2012 January 18, 2026

One thing that’s become very familiar in the last few years, both personally and from reading your comments and emails, is how outragously hard it is to get the right …

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    By Tania Tirraoro
    In EOTAS, Save Our Children's Rights, Schools White Paper, SEND Politics, special needs, Tania Tirraoro
    September 9, 2026
  • How health and family support systems are failing children starting school
    By Twinkl SEND
    In Early Years, Parenting, special needs, Twinkl
    September 7, 2026
  • WEBINAR RECORDING! The implications for children’s legal rights to EHCPs and EOTAS of the Government’s SEND proposals
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    September 3, 2026
  • When things go right: Shining a light on SEND Practitioners making a positive impact [Giveaway!]
    By Tristan Middleton
    In About Tristan, Columnists, Exemplary Practice, Reviews, special needs
    August 31, 2026
  • From suspicion to support: why the Government’s child protection reforms matter for disabled children
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    In Fabricated or Induced Illness FII, Guest Posts, Parenting, SAFEGUARDING, Social care, special needs
    August 28, 2026
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    In accessibility, POST16, SEN Transport, SEND & Health Research
    August 25, 2026
  • Unison voices major concerns over SEND reform health plans for sick and disabled children out of school in the EOTAS consultation
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    August 24, 2026
  • Top Tips for the EOTAS & EHCP consultation: Protect your child’s rights to statutory SEND support
    By Matt Keer
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    August 19, 2026
  • Navigating constraints: Why a former PCF chair thinks the current model is missing the mark for families
    By Renata Watts
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    August 12, 2026
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    In Save Our Children's Rights, Schools White Paper, SEN & Disability Charities, SEND Politics, special needs
    August 4, 2026
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    By Tania Tirraoro
    In Further Education, Guest Posts, Inclusion, POST16, Schools White Paper
    July 30, 2026
  • Why every child deserves Portage, wherever they’re born
    By Sharon Smith
    In Early Years, Guest Posts, portage, Schools White Paper, SEND Education, SEND Politics, Sharon Smith, special needs
    July 24, 2026
  • Mainstream SEND Funding: A simple explainer, another consultation, and why it really matters
    By Matt Keer
    In About Matt, Schools White Paper, SEND funding, special needs
    July 22, 2026
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    September 11, 2026
  • 20 Rights at RiskThe Unacceptable Truth: 20 SEND legal rights at risk from the Government’s SEND reforms
    By Tania Tirraoro
    In EOTAS, Save Our Children's Rights, Schools White Paper, SEND Politics, special needs, Tania Tirraoro
    September 9, 2026
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