Tag: SEN
The Guardian view on the special needs crisis: children don’t deserve...
By failing to adequately fund their own policy, ministers have created a destructive standoff between families, councils and schools
A decade after David Cameron’s coalition...
Hundreds of children with special needs wait a year for support...
In some areas young people have been waiting more than two years for plan detailing help they require, FoI reveals
Hundreds of children with special...
A passion for creating art
Let's offer ALL students the art education experience they deserve, says Rebecca Bromley-Woods.
As the UK education system has become increasingly narrow and focused on...
Point of view: SEN lawyer
Reframe bad things into good things. A personal recommendation from Douglas Silas, specialist in SEN law.
It's not easy to reframe bad things into good...
Playgrounds inspired by nature
Incorporating nature into school playgrounds offers a multitude of benefits for children's physical, mental, and emotional development, writes Alexandra Cook.
In an age dominated by...
Sensory superpowers
Sue Newman on the sensory superpowers of sound processing and rhythmic awareness.
Sound processing is the ability to make sense of what we are hearing....
Nurturing a child with ASD
As a mother of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and a specialist SEN teacher, Krista Dadford understands the joys and challenges of...
The beauty of disability
Jonathan Harvey waxes philosophical on how an understanding of disabled people’s lives and ambitions can inspire SEN teacher training.
In order to work effectively with...
It’s not just the audience that needs relaxed performances
The Stencil Pencils explain how being neurodiverse affects them as performers.
Hello everybody, I'm Kale aged 13, one of the founders of TSP—The Stencil Pencils....
Tech to stop bullying
Stephen Willoughby speaks from experience.
Bullying in any setting is hard to deal with. As someone who is both neurodivergent and left full-time education at...
Book Reviews
Neurodiversity and Education
The authors of this publication combine extensive experience in the fields of education, neurodiversity, teacher training, tutoring and consultancy. Paul Ellis broadcasts regularly on...
