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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 [...]
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Got the statement? Great, but your work’s not over yet.
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/
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/
Have you ever applied for a Statementing Assessment for your child? If so, take this poll!
I’m carrying out a poll into how people fare when they initially apply for a Statutory Assessment for their child. If you’re been through it please take the poll and share the poll with as many people as possible. The results will be published in the New Year. Thank you!
Posted by Special Needs Mum on December 22, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/12/22/have-you-ever-applied-for-a-statementing-assessment-for-your-child-if-so-take-this-poll/
Book Review of Special Educations Needs: Getting Started with Statements
Special Educations Needs: Getting Started with Statements – the parent to parent guide to getting your child the help they need Reviewed by NAS Surrey Branch member Emma Searle, mother of a 4 year old recently diagnosed with ASD “This is a brilliant little book. We are just starting on the statementing process and it’s a [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on December 6, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/12/06/book-review-of-special-educations-needs-getting-started-with-statements/
IPSEA – A wonderful charity for free advice and support for SEN
In my book, Special Educational Needs, Getting Started With Statements, I make several references to a special educational needs charity called IPSEA. IPSEA provide free advice and support for people who have children with SEN and offer an invaluable service. Today I am delighted to have a guest post from the charity’s Chief Executive, Jane McConnell [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on December 4, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/12/04/ipsea-a-wonderful-charity-for-free-advice-and-support-for-sen-sen-specialneeds/
SENAC for Special Needs Advice in Northern Ireland
If you’re in Northern Ireland and you’re looking for help with getting your child the special educational needs support they require, there is a service for you. The Special Educational Needs Advice Centre, or SENAC, is a regional charity set up in 2003. They provide FREE independent advice on behalf of children and young people with [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on November 29, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/11/29/senac-for-special-needs-advice-in-northern-ireland/
About SOS!SEN, a fantastic SEN charity
SOS!SEN is a small charity based in Middlesex that offers a fantastic service to parents who are trying to secure the right educational support for their children. It was started by a small group of individuals who had spent much of their lives in education or related services. They now have a team of volunteers made [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on October 25, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/10/25/about-sossen-a-fantastic-sen-charity/
Paperback of my Statementing book now available at Amazon
Great news! The paperback of my SEN parents’ book, “Special Educational Needs – Getting Started With Statements” is now available on Amazon. It currently says out of stock but it’s only gone on today and you should be able to order it, with free delivery. It’s also available in Kindle format and hopefully, Amazon will [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on October 25, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/10/25/paperback-now-available-at-amazon/
SEN conference, Towards a Positive Future, Review part one.
I attended a very interesting conference on special educational needs on Friday. It was held to mark the launch of a new organisation aimed at providing a ‘one stop shop’ to parents needing to find professional services such as speech and language and occupational therapy for their children. It aims to establish a database of [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on October 17, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/10/17/sen-conference-towards-a-positive-future-review-part-one/
One Mum’s Statementing Views
Here is a parent’s view of the statementing battle for her son and her advice about the process. I wish I could say this mother’s story was unusual, but other parents will recognise features of it in their own efforts to get the right education for their children. Thank you to the mum who has [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on October 15, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/10/15/one-mums-statementing-views/
Special Educational Needs – Getting Started With Statements Unique new parent-to-parent ebook launched to help SEN children with ‘hidden disabilities’ get the help they need.
Today my book on is launched as an ebook. Here is the press release FARNHAM, 10th October 2011: A mother of two autistic boys from Farnham, Surrey has published a new book aimed at helping other parents navigate their way through the special educational needs jungle. While there are other books about the SEN system [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on October 10, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/10/10/special-educational-needs-%e2%80%93-getting-started-with-statements-unique-new-parent-to-parent-ebook-launched-to-help-sen-children-with-hidden-disabilities-get-the-help-they-need/
My new book for parents looking for SEN help – launched Monday 10th October 2011
On Monday, I officially launch my new book aimed at helping parents of special needs children get the education they need. It’s first coming out in ebook format, followed by a paperback in a month. The book’s called Special Educational Needs – Getting Started with Statements. It’s a parent-to-parent guide to starting to compile a statutory [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on October 8, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/10/08/my-new-book-for-parents-looking-for-sen-help-launched-monday-10th-october-2011/
New Foundation Launched to Support Children with Special Educational Needs
A new foundation which will enable practitioners to join together to provide multi-disciplinary specialist services for children with special educational needs is being launched next month – and could transform the present fragmented and bureaucratic system. The Clarity Foundation hopes to attract health and social care providers, as well as education specialists, to join as members who can be [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on September 21, 2011
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2011/09/21/new-foundation-launched-to-support-children-with-special-educational-needs/
The Right Support Gets Results
Clare’s son was written off as lazy by teachers as a child. Severely Dyslexic and Dyspraxic, he faced an uphill battle in learning to read and write, let alone trying to succeed at French lessons alongside his peers in mainstream state school. At school he was bullied by other pupils, segregated in food technology lessons [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on January 22, 2010
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2010/01/22/the-right-support-gets-results/
Should children with Asperger Syndrome automatically be statutorily assessed?
What’s your opinion – should children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome automatically be statutorily assessed? I think they should because despite seeming to ‘cope’ in a regular class, so many children suffer psychological difficulties that goes unrecognised in busy classrooms. An assessment could open doors for them to get the psychological and educational support they need [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on December 22, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/12/22/as-statutory-assesment-poll/
High Functioning Autism vs Aspergers: The emotions of labels.
I have talked in previous posts about the journey to diagnosis with B. We had the meeting with the assessment team in the week of his 7th birthday. My Mum came with me to hear the outcome. I was really glad she did. I explained in a previous post we had waited a long time [...]
Posted by Violets Diary on May 28, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/05/28/high-functioning-autism-vs-aspergers-the-emotions-of-labels/
Update on Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill
Source: Epolitix: Conservative MP John Bercow makes the case for his Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons. Through my work conducting a review into children’s speech, language and communication services for the government, I already knew that children with special educational needs (SEN) were frequently being [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 17, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/05/17/update-on-special-educational-needs-and-disability-support-bill/
Mother Needs Help For Self-Harming Son
I have just been contacted through this site by Sharon, a mother from Kent, whose son has been excluded from school following incidents of self-harming. She writes, “My ADHD, ASD, Dyslexic, self-harming son, has just been excluded from school, because they don’t think Luke trying to strangle himself in class or him regularly saying he [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 17, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/05/17/mother-needs-help-for-self-harming-son/
Great News – A Statement!
Got the news we had been waiting for today – Son1 has got the Statement of Special Educational Needs we had applied for. Don’t have all the details yet and we still have to sort out placement (which if I have anything to do with it will be his current school). This time last year [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 7, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/05/07/great-news-a-statement/
New SENDIST rules
At the same PWP workshop, Simon Oliver, Deputy President of Care Standards Tribunal and judicial lead for SENDIST management team gave a presentation about the new SEND rules. He wanted to set minds at rest about the changes, particularly to the notion that all evidence had to be in by the two-month deadline. He said [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 3, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/03/03/new-sendist-rules/
Surrey to review SEN Assessments
I recently attended a Partnership with Parents workshop in Surrey. The subject matters were an explanation of the new SEND rules given by one of the co-chairmen,an update on the Lamb inquiry and a presentation from the new Head of Surrey SEN, Debbie Johnson, asking ‘Why do so many parents appeal against Surrey’s ‘Refusal to [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 3, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/03/03/surrey-to-change-sen-assessment-system/
SEN Assessment Form Part 2
Further to the earlier blog ‘The SEN Assessment Form – Yikes!’ I thought it might be useful for some people to provide a template to help people get their thoughts down so you’re not facing a blank piece of paper. You can download it below, in MS Word format. If you need it in pdf [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on November 8, 2008
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2008/11/08/41/
Diary of a Special Needs Mum Pt2
Despite the hassle of the average pre-school morning, I always look forward to picking up my children after a hard day at school. That is, until I actually pick them up. Waiting for them to emerge after prep, Son1 appears, flings his backpack at me and tries to get his skateboard, which is muddy, into [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on September 25, 2008
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2008/09/25/diary-of-a-special-needs-mum-pt2/
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