As a result of the SEN reforms, the landscape around special needs has suddenly got a whole lot more complicated. Local Offers, Independent Supporters, Mediation providers, the SEND Gateway and another …
The Summer is almost over and as parents we are either reluctantly or desperately looking to the start of the new term, depending on how the last few weeks have …
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 …
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 …
So, after yesterday’s post showing the headlines for the Assess, Plan, Do, Review Graduated Approach, we now turn to what happens if you’ve been there, tried that and the interventions …
We are approaching the SEN reform legislative finish line with Parliamentary approval of the new SEND Code of Practice so close I can feel its breath on the back of …
You may have heard that in the new SEN system, parents can ask for support through an Education, Health and Care Assessment by an Independent Supporter. Families can ask for …
The marquee had an extension for Founder’s Day this year. Our first end of summer term Prize Day came in July 2008, (I wrote about one of our early ones here, …
Special Needs Jungle has its own in-person training and presentations for schools, LAs, health staff and parents, covering: The SEND system and applying for an EHCP Working with parents for professionals …
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 …
SEN Departments in local authorities in England are currently (or should be) working feverishly on a new “Graduated Response” document aimed at identifying and helping children with special educational needs. …
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 …
The upcoming reform in the way SEN support is delivered in schools and colleges in England brings with it much confusion for parents, young people, teachers and other education, health …
I’ve been writing, nay, banging on, for some time about the way Higher Education students have been left out of the SEN reforms and the new Education Health and Care …
I have been lucky to meet a number of other SEN bloggers in person, one being Steph Curtis, of the Steph’s Two Girl’s blog. Steph, for those who don’t yet …
The weeks are ticking by since the Children & Families Bill became an Act. But does this mean that everything in it has become law straight away? The answer to …
I recently read an article written by professionals concerning Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The article focused on diagnosis and treatment and it was apparent from the article that it …
The Children and Families Act is finally here, delivered by the stork The Department for Education with high hopes and expectations. There are many fine aspects to this Act and even …
Down at the Department for Education, the collective breath of expectant Ministers and civil servants was being held. Then, a cry sounded as news filtered through.. a joyous birth… It’s …
I’m told, unofficially, that the Children & Families Bill is to receive Royal Assent – ie, approved by the Queen, on Thursday 13th March 2014. Its effects will be enormous …
