Tag: Point of View
Point of view: parent
I had to do something to turn our negative experience into a force for good, writes Rebecca Clapcott.
Archie's arrival was a turbulent one, with...
Point of view: parent
Baking, dyslexia and parenthood. Alex Tait’s on a roll…
I wear two hats. One that comes with being a specialist dyslexia teacher and the other,...
Point of view: parent
Stereotypes, time-machines and Frida Kahlo
When able-bodied people think about wheelchairs, what associations do they make? My guess is that words like adventure, exploration and...
Point of view: students
Schools need safe spaces: what we did in our school
Two Y11 students, Chaitanya Sapra and Zahra Qazi from Aylesbury High School, share why they...
SEN 121 : Nov/Dec 2022
Read SEN Magazine SEN121: Nov/Dec 2022 here:
I'm excited to be working with the great team who create SEN Magazine—I’ve been writing the book reviews...
Point of view: parent
We need to talk about meltdownsRebecca Huseyin
The meltdown is a highly emotive subject for many parents and carers of neurodivergent young people. It’s frightening...
Point of view: James
Listen. I want you to understand.
I was 7 when I started cracking my knuckles to stim whilst I tried to sit still. I was...
Point of view: special needs teacher
A plea to avoid unhelpful language
Having spent numerous years working in a progressive special educational needs school, I can testify first-hand that the mountains...
How church helped my daughter during lockdown
Marcia Squire-Wood talks about the support her daughter Ruby has received from her church during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Lockdown started for Ruby on March 17th...
Point of view: charity coordinator Suffering in silence
Selective mutism should be included in the new Initial Teacher Training Framework, writes Lindsay Whittington.
Recently, autism was included in the new Initial Teacher Training...
