Tag: SEND
Literacy catch-up
Andrea Welter on why literacy catch-up programmes need to prioritise children with SEND.
Learning gaps between children with SEN and their peers have significantly widened...
Foreign Languages and SEN
Roseanna Peate on inclusion in foreign language teaching.
There are those who assume that learning Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) is unsuitable for students with SEND,...
Safeguarding
Karen Childs Smith on safeguarding when working with children and young people with additional needs.
Children and young people who have special educational needs and...
The SEND Review
Douglas Silas looks at the Government's current SEND Review.
The Review has been generally warmly received by Local Authorities, but some parent organisations have expressed...
Positive Behaviour Support
Jo Price and Jane Johnson on techniques for building inclusion with Positive Behaviour Support.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a nationally recognised, best practice framework...
SEND complaints soar in the past five years
'Lack of transparency' from councils during lockdowns.
Complaints by parents desperate to get help for their vulnerable children look set to double compared with five...
The three Ms for making literacy fun
Nicola Hankey on making literacy fun for children with SEN.
Every SENDCo knows that literacy can be key to learning. But it can enrich the...
A Guide to SEND In the Early Years
Kerry Murphy is an Early Years lecturer and consultant, specialising in wellbeing, behaviour and neurodiversity and disabilities. Her website, www.eyfs4me.com provides extensive information about...
No families left behind : ‘A new paradigm in an archaic...
POINT OF VIEW - CONSULTANT
Tessa Philbert highlights the need for a change in mindset to enable professionals to fully engage with parents and carers...
SEN115 : November/December 2021
Read SEN Magazine SEN115: November/December 2021 here
Slowly but surely, the school routine is getting back to an approximation of normality. But for some,...










































