The Save Our Children’s Rights campaign has had a boost today with the news that the National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest education union representing teachers, teaching assistants and …
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 …
The Special Educational Consortium (SEC) is a group of organisations who promote the rights of disabled children and children with special educational needs. This week they have announced that they …
Back in March, the Indicative Draft of the new SEN Code of Practice was launched – all 86 pages of it. Our initial view was that it was rougher than …
On Wednesday, Debs will be at the Paces Seminar -“The Biggest Changes in Special Education in 30 years”. Paces: Supporting parents supporting children and young people with disabilities into independent …
Debs writes…. The Government is proposing to replace the current categories of School Action and School Action Plus with a new single early years and school-based SEN category. This will …
Debs writes… Over the past 12 months, we have received a deluge of questions and queries about the SEN reforms. From this, we can only assume that the word is …
The surprising and extremely welcome news today from the Department for Education (DfE) is that there will, after all, be a legal duty on health providers to deliver the provision …
Stop the DLA Takeaway campaign – Contact a Family and The Children’s Trust need your help The Children’s Trust, Tadworth and Contact a Family would like to hear from parents …
It’s been a busy week for lots of special needs mum bloggers – as you’ll see there are some fabulous, thought-provoking posts from Claire at A Boy With Aspergers and …
It’s been a busy week of posts on Special Needs Jungle. I’ve listed a round up below along with some other SEN stories of interest in the news. Next week, …
Happy New Year! At this time of the year, we’re often thinking about how we can change our lives, and those of our children, for the better. I’m delighted to …
This will be the last one of the year as i take a break and concentrate on my boys for Christmas. Have a great Christmas. If you do something different …
The Health Minister, Simon Burns has said that the chief medical officer and the NHS medical director are planning to write to clinicians to remind them of the full range of …
SOS!SEN is a small charity based in Middlesex that offers a fantastic service to parents who are trying to secure the right educational support for their children. It was started by …
Yesterday, I got a mention in The Guardian’s Education Cribsheet regarding my new book – what a lovely surprise. It’s also to be featured in our local paper, The Farnham …
For the first time since my sons started at their special school, this term we have had no fees to pay as they are both now being funded by the …
We’ve just come home from Sports Day. This always used to be a day of tears, upset and general not wanting to go to school. That is, until they started …
Source: Epolitix: Conservative MP John Bercow makes the case for his Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons. Through my work conducting …
Got the news we had been waiting for today – Son1 has got the Statement of Special Educational Needs we had applied for. Don’t have all the details yet and …
