Unfair, flawed and not joined up: Why fixing SEN funding matters. #CountMeIn
SNJ Note: Today we welcome back the SENCo, known by his Twitter handle, @AspieDeLaZouch. He wrote for us a few months ago about SEN Funding. Last week some research on …
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About Angela
My name is Angela Kelly and as well as a team member of Special Needs Jungle, I am a counsellor/psychotherapist working with adults and adolescents. I was born and raised …
SEN Assessments and Outcomes: What and when
I had a very busy day on Tuesday at the 25th Anniversary conference of national and international charity, Genetic Alliance UK. There is some really exciting work being done in genetic …
Why SEND department targets mean ‘culture change’ reform may never happen
Today’s guest post, from father of two deaf sons, Matt Keer, may shock you. It may, as it did to me, bring you to the edge of angry tears. It’s like …
Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan)
An EHC plan details the education, health and social care support that is to be provided to a child or young person who has SEN or a disability. It is …
A Right Not a Fight: why young people with learning difficulties are demonstrating for education equality
We’ve recently featured some posts from Kathryn Rudd OBE, Principal of the National Star College and Chair of Natspec regarding the choices available for 16+ further education for young people with …
Does safeguarding always protect our children?
Today’s guest post is from a mum currently camping out at the paediatric intensive care unit in Southampton. Not a home any of us want but what if this was a visit …
4000 and counting: Did you have a satisfactory EHC plan issued last year?
Last week, the Department for Education released its Statistical First Release – Statements and EHC Plans. This statistical first release (SFR) publishes data from the annual SEN2 data return, which …
Parents must advocate for each other to make the new SEND system work
I was invited to speak at a conference last weekend called #RoadMapforLife at Swiss Cottage school, a special school in north London. Writing the presentation, I was reminded that even …
SOS!SEN on England’s special needs reforms: The Good, The Bad, The Unchanged
Way back in 2011, I wrote an article about a small SEN legal charity, SOS!SEN, that provides an advisory service to parents trying to ger the right educational support for …
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 …
SEND reforms: Why working with parents means taking a walk in our shoes.
The new SEND system places an emphasis on teachers working hand in hand with parents as part of “Team My Child”. However, this may be easier to say than to …
CAMHS “Future in Mind” Will it really mean a change for the better?
It’s tough being a young person today. When I was a girl, you had to be a child actor to grow up in the public eye, but today, it’s like …
Join Kathryn’s campaign for early years childcare choices for families with disabled children
We ran a guest post from MrBoosMum a little while ago about the the launch of the Report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Childcare for Disabled Children. Parents of children …
Happy Mothers’ Day.. to my husband
It’s Mothers’ Day, at least it is here in the UK. For me, this will be the first year that Son1 hasn’t spent Mothers’ Day on the football pitch. That …
Children’s Mental Health: Our experience of CAMHS nearly broke us
The children’s charity, Place2Be have launched the first Children’s Mental Health Week this week. The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday spoke of her and her and Prince William’s belief that early …
The SNJ/DfE SEND system Flow Charts
The EHCP process flow charts that we collaborated with the Department for Education on in 2014 had become out of date since the ending of the Independent Support service. So, …
The Local Offer and SEND funding: 3rd part of our video chat with the SEN Minister
Our last of the three sections of our video interview with Ed Timpson, the Education Minister with responsibility for SEND reform focuses on both the Local Offer and SEND Funding. …
State of Play: We interview the SEN Minister in Westminster
We had a surprise for the SEN Minister, Ed Timpson, when we went to interview him on video yesterday. Renata and I had headed into Westminster on a grey and …
Carter Review makes recommendations to improve SEND teacher training
We mentioned in a post late last year that a consultation was being carried out into Initial Teacher Training and hope that many of you had an opportunity to contribute. …