Special Educational Needs reform update

Hope your summer is going okay! We're just back from Italy where we were devoured by relentless mosquitos day and night.

Just thought you might like to read this pdf of the June 20th Select Committee on SEN at which Sarah Teather spoke about the SEN reforms. I wrote about it here but now the transcript has been published, so I'm putting it here for you to read in full, including the views of five experts including Jane McConnell of IPSEA.

This September, pathfinder trials will be getting underway, although in many areas, the thorny subject of who the key worker is still under discussion. If you've been approached to be a pathfinder family, I'd love to hear from you. Alternatively, if, like me, you're a parent involved in the pathfinder development, let me know your views on the process.

There will be another update from the DfE at the end of October but if you're interested with the process, reading this document will be informative.

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Tania Tirraoro

Founder, Co-Director at Special Needs Jungle

Founder of Special Needs Jungle. (She/Her) Parent of two young adults with autism. New grandma. Tania, who is autistic, is a leading SEND advisor, working with the Special Education Consortium, Ofsted, and Whole School SEND. She is also an Advisory Board member of the Royal Holloway, University of London Centre of Gene and Cell Therapy and an Editorial Board member of Springer Nature Gene Therapy journal.
Tania is an experienced broadcast and print journalist & author. She also runs a PR, web & social media consultancy, SocialOro Media.
Tania is a rare disease & chronic pain patient advocate with Ehlers Danlos syndrome.

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