Recently I appeared in Woman magazine – a small section in a feature entitled, “Meet the regret-me-nots” My piece was headlined, “I regretted becoming a full-time mum”, which isn’t strictly accurate – rather I found myself, like many mums who give up professional life for stay-at-home motherhood, feeling a certain wistfulness for opportunities forgone. I [...]
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Why I turned my back on my TV news career
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 12, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/12/why-i-turned-my-back-on-my-tv-news-career/
What did you miss? Special Needs stories from the last week
It’s a bumper round-up of special needs stories and blogs this week – check out what you might have missed: Independent: Very interesting perspective: Eton head: Axe GCSEs and leave all exams until pupils are 18 From Bucks Free Press: Three special needs units to close under Buckinghamshire County Council plans The Press Association: [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on February 10, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/02/10/what-did-you-miss-special-needs-stories-from-the-last-week/
Resilient Parenting – A Guest post by Lesley McCall, NLP & Hypnotherapy Practitioner
Happy New Year! At this time of the year, we’re often thinking about how we can change our lives, and those of our children, for the better. I’m delighted to have a New Year guest post from Lesley McCall, an NLP practitioner and Hypnotherapist. She is experienced in helping people with parenting issues and with [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on January 3, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/01/03/751/
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/
Books I recommend for Special Needs
I have quite a collection of books about special needs and parenting and thought I would share some recommendations with you. I usually buy mine from amazon.co.uk, so I’ll link to each book so you can have a closer look. 1-2-3 Magic – Thomas Phelan – This is an absolute must for all parents who [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on July 3, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/07/03/books-i-recommend-for-special-needs/
See my other blog – Not As Advertised
I’ve decided to start a second blog. I know, that’s just greedy but there are plenty of them to go round if you want your own. It’s called “Not As Advertised” and it’s for all those posts that I don’t want to put on here because this site focuses on special needs. It’s about how [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on June 6, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/06/06/see-my-other-blog-not-as-advertised/


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