There’s a great deal to unpick in the Government’s proposals for reforming SEND and a lot has been said and written about them over the last few months. It’s clear …
Time for a quick update on what’s happening in the world of SEND for you today. A while ago, we told you that the services that support parents and young …
The changes to the special educational needs system in England are over two years old but many parents have seen no difference in their experience. For some, it’s even got …
As parent carers we often measure our successes in the little victories we achieve on a day to day basis. They may not seem significant to some, but to us …
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 …
Today, we are really delighted to have a guest post from Nic Crosby from In-Control. Personal Budgets are something many of us have heard about, a few of us have been …
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 …
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 …
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. …
As regular readers will know, Renata and I went along to the Department of Education recently to interview the Minister responsible for Special Educational Needs, Ed Timpson. This week we’re …
Where has the time gone? It doesn’t seem a year ago since we were welcoming 2014 and wondering what the SEN reforms would bring us in 2014. One year later, …
Here is a round up of tweets and answers from last night’s Tweetchat with Stephen Kingdom, Deputy Director of SEND at the Department for Education
This morning, the BBC had a report on the SEND reforms and queried whether parents (or schools) were ready for them. The BBC report that in excess of 1.7million children will …
Tania’s note: Today, we are delighted to feature a guest post from Steve Broach. For those who don’t already know him (and that is probably very few, if any, of you), Steve …
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 …
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 …
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 …
EHCP stands for Education Health and Care Plan. Having given it some thought, this is what I want the EHCP to really stand for. E is for Education. E is also …
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 …
At Special Needs Jungle, we are parents of children with SEN ourselves, so we know that you will never have the time to get to the end of a long lengthy post …
