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Labels: Love or Loathe them?
Deb writes… Are labels a help or hindrance? Do you love them or loathe them? Do they change the way you or your child are seen? Do they change the way you or your child are treated? What abou… more →
Special Needs Jungle
On public and private sector responses to assessment of children and young people's special educational needs
wrote 5 days ago: No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding. Plato I have made assessment of children’s … more →
Tutors and children with special educational needs
wrote 3 weeks ago: Of course it would be ideal if your special needs child got all the teaching they needed at school, … more →
On public and private ambition, the significance of the past and dreaming big
wrote 3 weeks ago: I am contrite. I made a faux pas, referencing my daughter’s boyfriend’s Gap Year plans i … more →
Labels: Love or Loathe them?
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wrote 1 month ago: Deb writes… Are labels a help or hindrance? Do you love them or loathe them? Do they change … more →
Which School? for Special Needs 2013/14 now available in print and eBook
wrote 1 month ago: The 2013/14 edition of Which School for Special Needs? is now available. The 22nd edition of this lo … more →
Parent Carer Forums
wrote 2 months ago: Debs writes…. Tania and I are both co-chairs of Parent Carer Forums and we do mention them qui … more →
On the art of Keeping Sane, the needs of carers and Satie's piano music
wrote 3 months ago: The pursuit of calm and tranquility is my theme for today’s post. Mindful of a pending engagem … more →
Ten things I wish, with hindsight, I had known
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wrote 4 months ago: Debs writes…. As we go through the Special Needs Jungle, we pick up tips, we gain confidence a … more →
Special Education Needs Children spending 1/4 of their school week outside of the Classroom
wrote 4 months ago: A recent statement says that children with special educational needs spend more than a 1/4 of their … more →
Rare Disease Day: How Dan's rare disease didn't stop his mainstream education
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wrote 4 months ago: Rare Disease Day is at the end of February, with the theme ‘Disorders without Borders’. … more →
Chinese Whispers and Garth's Uncle
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wrote 5 months ago: As you may have read on Friday, Special Needs Jungle has a new regular contributor in Debs Aspland, … more →
My pick of parents' guest posts on Special Needs Jungle this year
wrote 6 months ago: In the last year I’ve been lucky enough to have had many parents write about their families an … more →
On Year One Phonic Checks, identifying need and Hyde Park Corner
wrote 6 months ago: I am always most pleased to be invited to speak at conferences, seminars, symposiums and to be in Lo … more →
It's Dyspraxia Awareness Week - be alert for early signs
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wrote 8 months ago: The Dyspraxia Foundation is calling on families to be alert to the early signs of the condition in t … more →
The BPA previews the Paralympics – and offers advice on how to get involved in disability sport
wrote 9 months ago: With the Paralympic Games about to begin in London, we thought it would be a good time to revisit th … more →
On confidence, its origins and protecting against its loss
wrote 11 months ago: Ah, confidence, confidence. How do we acquire it when needed? From where does it spring? How do we k … more →
Active listening: a core skill for SEN reform
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wrote 11 months ago: Yesterday, MumsNet hosted a live web chat with Sarah Teather, Minister of State for Children and Fam … more →
On the exodus of pupils with SEN from state funded to private education
wrote 11 months ago: “Over the past decade the number of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in private schools h … more →
When the words move by themselves - it could be Visual Stress
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wrote 11 months ago: I met a lady on Twitter a while back, Michelle Doyle, who was talking about ‘Visual Stress … more →
