By Emma McDonnell Emma McDonnell’s story is going to be familiar to many readers. “We don’t see that here,” or words to that effect, tell you they think you’re the …
By Dr Kim Collett, Associate Lecturer and Researcher specialising in inclusive education and SEND Mealtimes, as most parents know, can be a child-sized minefield, whether or not there are additional …
If you’re not already on the floor over trying to understand the SEND Proposals in the Schools White Paper, (see our guidance here), the Department for Education has also launched …
This is part 2. You can find part 1 here. Our coverage of the Schools White Paper follows later today and all week Below is a selection of the testimonies …
by Sharren Bridges, parent and founder of Jen’s Acorn Content warning: This article contains sensitive content involving the suicide of a young person. Please take care as you read. The …
A group of clinical psychologists working with children, young people, and families across the UK are calling for the Government to act on what they say is an “unprecedented mental …
by Dr Anna Hutchinson, clinical psychologist If your child or young person has a mental health difficulty or is neurodivergent (or both), parents know only too well how hard it …
Recently, an article I have co-written, The emotional wellbeing of students with profound intellectual disabilities and those who work with them: a relational reading, was published in the journal Disability …
We now know Catherine McKinnell, the schools minister, has SEND in her portfolio and yesterday, we heard something of what’s in store for education in the King’s speech – including …
*This is a sponsored post from Lavinia Dowling, Mental Health & Autism Specialist Nurse Consultant. Director and Founder, The M Word CIC Today we hear from Lavinia Dowling of The …
This post is in paid partnership with Jessica Kingsley Publications. As an educator myself, Dr Kirstie Rees’ book, Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People with Learning Difficulties. …
With Andy Smith, Spectrum Gaming We recently came across a report from Spectrum Gaming, a charity based in Greater Manchester, about the experiences of some of their neurodivergent members who …
The DfE has recently published a new document, ‘Summary of responsibilities where a mental health issue is affecting attendance’. Sensible, as the 2017 Mental Health of Children and Young People …
So what’s in chapter 3? From the title, you can assume it’s about provision – specifically SEND provision one would imagine. I’ve broken them down into sections, including specifically for each …
with Dr Hope Christie, Edinburgh University While much of the country is going about their business as if the pandemic is over, many parents of disabled children feel like their …
Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 is supporting the theme of ‘Growing Together’. The aim is to help and support children to understand and learn from previous experiences that they …
With Eliza Gardner, teenage mental health campaigner Children’s Mental Health Week gives rise to grimmer statistics every year and of course, the pandemic has had a significant hand in that. …
Tania’s note: Recently, broadcaster, Carrie Grant, quoted a tweet (shown below) from Dr Shan Hussein who had not had a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) referral accepted since …
What would your concerns be if a teacher commented that a pupil was unprepared, failed to assess past actions, and was, “surprisingly resistant to learning lessons from failures”? Would you …
Happy New Year (if it’s not too late to say that)… But it’s more like out of the frying pan into the fire in another national lockdown. This time, the …
