Tag: special educational needs
Point of View: diversity campaigner
You can't be what you can't see. We need more disabled teachers, says Ruth Golding.
Education should fully represent society, and it's important that we...
Bonkers Yoga
Michael Chissick ponders on what helped him improve his yoga teacher training programme in Special Needs Schools. It's yoga with a confident smile.
Maybe I...
How to stop Bullying
Liffy McDonald enthuses about the work of the Anti-Bullying Alliance
The work of the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) is more relevant than ever in the current...
Navigating the EHCP labyrinth
SEND lawyer and parent Sarah Fitzgibbons debunks some common myths about EHCPs.
According to the latest government data, there are of 1.37 million children in...
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...
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...
Alternative education for children out of school
Children being denied chance to thrive – Ombudsman reports.
Children are all too often being robbed of the chance to fulfil their potential, because some...
Education Advocacy launches a new interactive map listing SEN schools in...
Education Advocacy launches a new interactive map which collates the Department for Education s41, non maintained and independent special schools lists on one searchable...
Siblings and special educational needs
Judy Gordon highlights the challenges and rewards of having a sibling with SEN.
Sibling relationships are generally viewed by relatives and friends as characterised by long-term...
