How can I stop the reduction in my son’s Occupational Therapy provision?
My son’s Occupational Therapy department tell me they want to reduce the five hours per term support on my son’s statement to two hours per term because the five hours …
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The failings that made our son’s special education EHCP transfer a nightmare
Our son has a severe physical disability and a longstanding diagnosis. He had a statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs issued by our local authority almost 18 months ago, in …
The real message the EHCP stats should give to the Ministers
Yesterday’s new SEND statistics reported worrying progress on SEND reform up to January 2016, amid soothing words from the Ministers in charge that the reforms are “boosting the life chances …
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 …
What does a good description of needs in the ‘Independence’ section look like?
My 18-year-old daughter’s statement is transferring to an EHC plan. We have waited over 24 weeks, (despite chasing it) to receive a very poor draft. We commented on the draft …
EHCP Answers
The EHCP Transfer Clinic facility, that ran from 2014-2018, has now ended. However, many of the questions Marguerite and Helen answered may still be useful regarding EHCPs generally so please …
It’s back! ASK IPSEA on SNJ is relaunched- let the questioning commence!
Exciting news today – the relaunch of our ASK IPSEA feature! We had to take a break last year in our link-up with the SEND legal charity, IPSEA, after its …
Accountability: the number one change you would like
In January, we ran a giveaway for a copy of Disabled children, A Legal Handbook. Congratulations to Lisa Thomas who won the copy. When people entered the giveaway, we also …
£80 million to boost support for Special Educational Needs
On Friday, the Department for Education (DfE) announced that £80 million was to be made available to extend opportunities to children with special educational needs and disabilities. The announcement stated: A …
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 what, when and how of Independent Support for the EHCP process
We haven’t carried an article about Independent Support for a while and now we have one today and another coming up soon! Independent Supporters have the role of helping parents …
About Renata
I’m Renata Blower, co-director of Special Needs Jungle. I describe myself as a realistic optimist, which is helpful when you have three children all with their own mix of needs. …
What you told us about your EHCP experiences. Now tell us how it should be!
A few weeks ago we asked you to send us your EHCP transfer or application experiences, however it’s been, to help us build up an up-to-date picture of what’s going on …
The EHCP #1YearOn – views, recommendations and a chance to have your say
The National Autistic Society has published a fairly damning report saying that less than a quarter of parents surveyed are satisfied with new special educational needs system. The NAS is calling …
Mediation
This is a statutory service commissioned by local authorities which is designed to help settle disagreements between parents or young people and local authorities over EHC needs assessments and plans …
The SEN Minister responds to your feedback of the special needs reforms so far
I received a letter from Ed Timpson, the Minister for Education with responsibility for SEND reform yesterday. It follows the trip Renata and I made to The Department for Education …
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 …
SEN Reform: Resistance is Futile. It’s time to Boldly Go and Make it So
Are we there yet? Well, yes, all bar the shouting, all systems are go for September 1st and SEN reform implementation. What that system will be like depends on the …
Children and Families Act: the Concerns
Last week, I was fortunate enough to be a speaker at the Towards a Postive Future conference in London. One of the other guest speakers was Elaine Maxwell. Elaine works …
Protecting education for children with medical conditions and life-saving heart equipment for schools
Much of the unhappiness with the draft Children & Families Bill, now Act, stemmed from its exclusion of children with disabilities or medical conditions who did not have a specific …