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I want your statementing stories
Posted by Special Needs Mum on March 4, 2012
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2012/03/04/i-want-your-statementing-stories/
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/
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/
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/
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/
Back to school – but is it the right one?
For the first time since my sons started at their special school, this term we have had no fees to pay as they are both now being funded by the local LEA. I’ve written in post passim about finding our way through the special needs “jungle” of statementing and I hope if you are in [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on September 14, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/09/14/back-to-school-but-is-it-the-right-one/
Many autism cases ‘undiagnosed’ – BBC News
A significant number of children with autism and related disorders could be undiagnosed, a study has suggested. (Reports BBC News Online) A Cambridge University team looked at existing diagnoses – and carried out recognised tests to assess other children. Of the 20,000 studied, 1% had an autistic spectrum disorder, 12 times higher than the rate [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on May 29, 2009
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2009/05/29/many-autism-cases-undiagnosed-bbc-news/
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/
The SEN Assessment Form – Yipes!
A few people have mentioned to me how daunting they find the form that comes for you to fill in to apply for a Statutory Assessment for your child. They’re worried they’ll forget something, they won’t phrase what they want to say in the right way, or that they’ll just do it all wrong and [...]
Posted by Special Needs Mum on June 14, 2008
http://specialneedsjungle.com/2008/06/14/filling-in-the-application-for-statutory-assessment/
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