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An incredibly busy week, so I missed my Wednesday post as I was in Brussels to speak at a EURORDIS workshop on social media for rare disease organisations. I was describing how we set up the social media for DysNet, the new Limb Difference Network for which I am PR & Community Manager. It was [...]
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Research, articles & opinion – special needs news from this week
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 25, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/05/25/research-articles-opinion-special-needs-news-from-this-week/
Special Needs Jungle in the Daily Telegraph. What I really think
There’s a story about SEN in the Daily Telegraph today “Can 20 per cent of schoolchildren really have special needs?” by Peter Stanford. It’s already attracted lots of comments, some informed, others somewhat less so, shall we say. The story is a follow on to other, recent reports blaming rising SEN figures on either bad [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 12, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/05/12/special-needs-jungle-in-the-daily-telegraph-what-i-really-think/
Act now for a chance to learn more about SEN – for just £36 including lunch!
There are just four days left to secure the early bird price for this year’s Towards a Positive Future SEN conference in Newbury. The conference takes place on June 16th and I’m honoured to be one of the keynote speakers,. NAS president Jane Asher will be leading a Q & A session and other speakers [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 26, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/26/act-now-for-a-chance-to-learn-more-about-sen-for-just-36-including-lunch/
Autism Eye Magazine – helping you to help your child
In the six years since our sons were diagnosed with ASDs, I have come into contact with a whole new set of parents – those whose children are also affected by autism and other special needs. These people have very different parental experiences to those with ‘ordinary’ children. Most have experienced the disapproving looks from [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 16, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/16/autism-eye-magazine-helping-you-to-help-your-child/
Real tips from real carers – a new tool from NetBuddy and NHS Carers Direct
Netbuddy has been working with NHS Carers Direct to pass on practical advice, tips and ideas from carers of people with learning disabilities to other carers. ‘Real tips from real carers is a new tool created by NHS Carers Direct and Netbuddy. It offers a selection of tips submitted by carers under four separate headings [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 5, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/05/real-tips-from-real-carers-a-new-tool-from-netbuddy-and-nhs-carers-direct/
Addressing the special needs post-19 provision problem
Provision for young people with special needs after they leave school is a big issue for many parents. Although technically adults, many young people with learning disabilities are far from ready to join the world at large. A project in Surrey has just been launched to try to fill that gap for some. Project Post 19 [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 3, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/03/addressing-the-special-needs-post-19-provision-problem/
Catch up time: Read the special needs stories you may have missed
A diverse list of stories and posts this week, but all interesting reads. As ever, leave your own story link in the comments if you’ve written or spotted something interesting that’s not mentioned here. On a purely personal note, thank you so much to anyone who nominated me for the BritMums awards. I may have [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 30, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/30/catch-up-time-read-the-special-needs-stories-you-may-have-missed/
Special needs experts offer views for Labour’s SEN policy review
Earlier this week, I attended a meeting at Westminster for Labour’s SEN policy review, chaired by MP, Sharon Hodgson, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children and Families. Mrs Hodgson is herself the mother of a severely dyslexic son so if anyone understands SEN issues, she does. The issue under discussion in this one of a series of [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 22, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/22/special-needs-experts-offer-views-for-labours-sen-policy-review/
Unofficial exclusions – Has it happened to your child?
Some schools in England are illegally excluding pupils, sometimes permanently, without going through the full formal process, a report says. England’s children’s commissioner Dr Maggie Atkinson heard some pupils were moved to other schools or sent home without an exclusion being recorded. Most schools tried to hold on to troubled pupils, she said, but a minority [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 19, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/19/unofficial-exclusions/
SEN Stories in the news this past week
Recap of SNJ posts and other news about SEN this week: TodayOnline: New definition of autism will exclude many, study suggests HR Magazine: NAS pilots initiative to help people with autism find work Special Needs Jungle: Disability groups call for pause for thought in welfare reform Ambitious About Autism: Legal aid victory for young people aged 16–25 [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on January 20, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/01/20/sen-stories-in-the-news-this-past-week/
Disability groups call for pause for thought in welfare reform
The NAS has today thrown its weight behind a call for the government to reconsider its plans for welfare reform relating to the Disability Living Allowance. The level of fraud for this allowance is very low and thr form that has to be filled in just to apply for it isn’t for the faint-hearted. This [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on January 18, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/01/18/disability-groups-call-for-pause-for-thought-in-welfare-reform/
Buddy Brilliant! – NetBuddy – A Great Special Needs Resource
www.netbuddy.org.uk is an award-winning website for parents, carers and learning disability professionals. It is a space to hunt for practical ideas, swap tips and access information on everything from brushing teeth to challenging behaviour. Like all good ideas, it’s so simple it’s hard to believe no-one thought of it before. So what gave Netbuddy’s founder, Deborah [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on November 10, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/11/10/buddy-brilliant-netbuddy-a-great-special-needs-resource/
Parents rate local authority Disabilities service at 59%
When I was at school, a score of 59% definitely meant ‘could do better’, if not ‘should do better’. But that’s the score received by 10 local authorities in England for their disability services. The survey, completed by the British Market Research Bureau on behalf of the government was intended to measure parental experience of [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 15, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/05/15/parents-rate-local-authority-disabilities-service-at-59/
My hero – Geoff Adams-Spink
This is an item about a hero of mine, Geoff Adams-Spink. Geoff is a BBC correspondent whom I met when we were both training to be journalists on a Post-Grad course in Falmouth. He has worked extensively across the BBC and has never let his disability prevent him from achieving his goals. Of course, he’d [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 5, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/05/05/my-hero-geoff-adams-spink/
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