Tag: looked after children
School attendance barriers for adopted and kinship children
Despite the challenges, there is much that schools can do to break down the barriers to attendance faced by the families and ensure that...
Time in your heart
Foster carer Ren is inspiring others to consider fostering in Derby and the East Midlands.
Ren has dedicated the past fifteen years to being a...
Brighter futures
Fostering brighter futures for children with SEN in foster care requires a community effort, argues Steve Christie.
Positive relationships with both adults and peers are...
Every fifteen minutes
A child comes into care every fifteen minutes in the UK, and will probably need a foster family, says Hayley Attew.
There are over a...
SEN131 : July/August 2024
Read SEN Magazine SEN131 : Jul/Aug here
There are too many excellent articles in this issue to summarise them all in this brief introduction, so...
Foster and trauma
Sair Penna emphasises the importance of psychological safety in the learning process.
Children in the foster care system who have special educational needs (SEN) may...
SEN fostering
There are many reasons why people foster, but they all have one thing in common—a wish to make a positive difference to the lives...
Unlocking talent
Emma Finch’s uplifting story about fostering.
When Kim David Jones and his wife Caron welcomed Daniel into their lives, they couldn't have foreseen the joy...
A sense of belonging
As part of her masters thesis Stefanie Pearce studied the experiences of children who were looked-after or adopted at a trauma-informed school.
Eliza attends a...
Looked After Children
Ian Butler details the needs of looked after children
Having been to many personal education plan (PEP) meetings and listened to a multitude of children,...
Book Reviews
What’s Possible: Plan a better future for your young adult with...
Graham Caldow is the father of a daughter with additional needs. Over the last ten years he has been building a life plan with...
