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It’s been something of an eventful week for both Special Needs and Special Needs Jungle. Last week, I was called up by a reporter from the Daily Telegraph to ask my views on whether I thought one in five schoolchildren really had special needs. We had a good chat and the article appeared on Saturday. [...]
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SEN Green Paper response round up and other special needs stories
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 18, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/05/18/sen-green-paper-response-round-up-and-other-special-needs-stories/
SEN – The Next Steps – My views & Meridian Tonight feature
So, there’s been much furore today about the headlines for proposals that 450,000 children be ‘struck off’ the SEN register. This is a bit of a stupid headline, to say the least. I was interviewed by Meridian Tonight (clip at end of post) about it for my views as a parent of SEN children. The [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 15, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/05/15/sen-the-next-steps-my-views-meridian-tonight-feature/
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/
SEN Green Paper: Ministerial “Detailed response” expected next week
So, next week government ministers will set out their detailed response and reform timetable as their next steps in the SEN Green Paper. They’ve been saying it’s ‘imminent’ since February, so we’ll see what they’ve come up with. Ministers say they’ve committed to making all the necessary legal changes to put in place reforms proposed in [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 10, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/05/10/sen-green-paper-ministerial-detailed-response-expected-next-week/
Helping your special needs child – a mother’s story
A mum called Tanya contacted me the other day and asked to share her story about her journey to support her disabled son with everyone, which I am only too delighted to do. Here it is below and Tanya has some extremely useful suggestions so I urge you to read it. Please leave your comments [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 7, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/05/07/helping-your-special-needs-child-a-mothers-story/
Advocates For Children – a FREE SEN legal advocacy charity.
The world of special needs is, I have discovered, populated with extraordinary people - both those who care and do their best for their children and professionals who go the extra mile to provide whatever help they can. One such lady is Gloria Vessel, a barrister who has for many years carried out pro bono [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 30, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/30/advocates-for-children-a-free-sen-legal-advocacy-charity/
My pick of the posts about special needs this week
I’ve come across lots of interesting stories this week so here’s my list of the cream of the crop of news, blogs and, of course the week’s stories from Special Needs Jungle. Have a great weekend – let’s hope the rain holds off. Medical News Today: The Top 10 Toxic Chemicals Suspected Of Causing Autism And Learning Disabilities [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 27, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/27/my-pick-of-the-posts-about-special-needs-this-week/
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/
Common sense solutions to solving dyslexia issues
Last week, while reading my SEN news feeds, I came across an article about dyslexia on the Conservative Home website by education expert, John Bald. John is a former OFTSED inspector and contributor to The Guardian. He has almost forty years’ experience of teaching people of all ages to read and write, to learn foreign [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 23, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/23/common-sense-solutions-to-solving-dyslexia-issues/
TGIF: And a chance to see the week’s special needs news & views
This week we’ve had sunshine, showers, hail as big as marbles and thunder and lightning… it must be April. I’ve whipped up some special needs stories and blogs that might have slipped your notice as you get over all that Easter chocolate. As you read this over the weekend, I’ll be at a spa hotel [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 13, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/13/tgif-and-a-chance-to-see-the-weeks-special-needs-news-views/
The lifetime legacy of special needs left by meningitis
I recently met the chief executive of The Meningitis Trust, Sue Davie, and heard her talk about the hidden after-effects that meningitis can leave on children who’ve apparently recovered. The special needs they have due to acquired brain injury are often missed, but in this guest post, she explains how the illness can leave a [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on April 10, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/04/10/the-lifetime-legacy-of-special-needs-left-by-meningitis/
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/
Cambian launches Specialist Education Scholarships for children with Asperger’s or autism in their schools
Many parents of children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome have faced unbelievable struggles to get the right education solutions for their children. Some have fought their LEAs for funding to the school most appropriate for their child and not succeeded. Now, specialist independent education provider, the Cambian group, have launched a scholarship to fund two [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 26, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/26/cambian-launches-specialist-education-scholarships-for-children-with-aspergers-or-autism-in-their-schools/
What’s been said about special needs on the web this week
Friday’s come around again – this one marks the day my boys break up for Easter and don’t go back until April 18th. Son1 is on a WWI trip to Ypres, Son2 off sick with painful legs caused by Vitamin D deficiency, so their holidays have already started. My task – get Son2 out of [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 23, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/23/whats-been-said-about-specialneeds-on-the-web-this-week/
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/
Catch up with special needs news you may have missed this week
Another Friday is here – just one week to go before my boys break up for an almost-month-long Easter break. Here’s my weekly round up of the best special needs and disability stories and blogs I’ve spotted this week. As ever, if you have one to share, list it in the comments of this blog [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 16, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/16/catch-up-with-special-needs-news-you-may-have-missed-this-week/
Got the statement? Great, but your work’s not over yet.
Many parents are so relieved to get that letter saying the LEA has decided to issue a statement of special educational needs for their child that they think their work is done. And they’d be very, very wrong. A statement is useless if it does not define your child’s needs completely and set out in [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 14, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/14/got-the-statement-great-but-your-works-not-over-yet/
Catch up with the best special needs blogs and news from this week
So many autism, Asperger’s, dyslexia, ADHD and other special needs stories this week. This is my pick of the best of the blogs, news and research. If you enjoy reading Special Needs Jungle, I would be really happy if you would please nominate SpecialNeedsJungle.com blog in BritMums Blogging Awards in the CHANGE! section Enjoy this week’s [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 9, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/09/catch-up-with-the-best-special-needs-blogs-and-news-from-this-week/
If your SEN child loves computers.. watch this video
I’ve talked a lot on this site about the need to improve IT teaching in schools, before Michael Gove announced an intention to do just that. One great way to do this is for schools to buy the new Raspberry Pi – a credit-card basic computer that runs Linux that children can learn to code [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 6, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/06/if-your-sen-child-loves-computers-watch-this-video/
Government Urged To Ensure SEN Appeal System Is Made Less Intimidating
Many families experience an intimidating process when they appeal against local authority decisions regarding special educational needs provision for vulnerable children, says speech and language therapist Janet O’Keefe, who attends many tribunals as an expert witness. Janet says that special educational needs and disability tribunals are organised by the Ministry of Justice as part of [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 5, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/05/government-urged-to-ensure-the-appeal-system-for-parents-of-children-with-special-educational-needs-is-made-less-intimidating/
I want your statementing stories
I get emails from lots of people with questions about statementing and I do my best to answer them within the best of my knowledge or signpost them to someone who can. I also read lots of stories on message boards from people going through the process who are looking for information or other people’s [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 4, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/04/i-want-your-statementing-stories/
Blogs, News & View in Special Needs this week
Wandering the special needs web this week, I found the following blogs and news stories you might be interested in. Also, if you think Special Needs Jungle is a “brilliant blog”, I’d be super-grateful if you would please vote for www.specialneedsjungle.com in the BritMums blog awards in the CHANGE category. Thanks! Huff Post: Children With Autism Could Benefit [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 2, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/02/blogs-news-view-in-special-needs-this-week/
Exciting news – a conference speaking invitation
I have exciting news – I am to be a keynote speaker at the forthcoming SEN Conference, Towards a Positive Future that is to take place in Newbury in June. I will be talking about being a parent of two sons with autism and how parents-carer forums such as Family Voice Surrey, of which I [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on February 29, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/02/29/exciting-news-a-conference-speaking-invitation/
Roaming the Special Needs web this week…
Another busy week in the news and blogs – here’s some of my favourites as well as a round up of posts on Special Needs Jungle in the past seven days. Add yours in the blog comments below Contact A Family: If you are the parent or carer of a disabled child, remember to take [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on February 24, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/02/24/roaming-the-special-needs-web-this-week/
Conference for parents of children with special educational needs and professionals
National Autistic Society president, Jane Asher, will be speaking at a conference in Newbury, Berkshire, in June for parents of children with SEN and associated professionals. The agenda will be published soon but the flyer is below and a downloadable pdf version is at the bottom. Towards_a_Positive_Future_Conference_2012_flyer - Download as PDF
Posted by Special Needs Mum on February 21, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/02/21/conference-for-parents-of-children-with-special-educational-needs-and-professionals/
Special needs stories you’ll want to read this week
Some great stories and blog posts about special needs that I spotted this week. If you have one of your own, add it in the blog comments below! Science Codex: Brain-imaging differences evident at 6 months in infants who develop autism, New study Medscape: Mystery of Psychostimulant Paradox od ADHD drugs Solved Jessica Kingsley Publishers [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on February 17, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/02/17/special-needs-stories-youll-want-to-read-this-week/
Want your SEN product or service listed on the Special Needs Jungle site?
Special Needs Jungle has lots of visitors every day ranging from parents & carers to SEN professionals. It has many email subscribers and is also available for subscription on Kindle. The site has a page where links to SEN sites and resources are listed. If you would like to have your SEN resource or product [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on February 13, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/02/13/want-your-sen-product-or-service-link-on-the-special-needs-jungle-site/
Poll results – Should children with Asperger’s automatically be statutorily assessed?
Last year I published a poll on this site asking whether people thought children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (quick, use the term before it’s abolished!) should automatically receive a statutory assessment by the local educational authority. I posed three potential answers: Yes, because teachers aren’t trained to spot underlying difficulties No, we should just see how they [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on February 1, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/02/01/poll-results-should-children-with-aspergers-automatically-be-statutorily-assessed/
Special needs stories this week
Some interesting stories this week… Special Needs Jungle: Read the views of a woman at the coalface of SEN: Empowering parents is her goal Reuters: Talking things through in your head may help autism Aspie in the family: DSM V and the removal of Asperger Syndrome – a parent’s view Special Needs Jungle: Get [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on January 27, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/01/27/special-needs-stories-this-week/
Empowering parents is the goal for Pat
I’m delighted today to introduce a guest blog post from Pat Bolton, who works with a small team of Participation Practitioners at Parents In Power, Gateshead, www.parentsinpower.btck.co.uk Pat works at the coalface of special educational needs and helps parents every day to get the support their children need. * Parents In Power is a Parent/Carer Forum. [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on January 25, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/01/25/empowering-parents-is-the-goal-for-pat/
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