It was a great talk at this morning’s coffee meeting by Soli Lazarus of Yellow Sun. She talked about the basics of ADHD and how parents and schools can support children with this diagnosis. Soli has a B.Ed (Cons) in Psychology and is also the mum of a son with…
Continue Reading...Action for Children will continue to deliver targeted short breaks under the new contract starting from 1 October 2019. Details can be found in ‘Children’s Short Breaks Strategy for 2018 to 2022’ which Bucks County Council developed with FACT Bucks. The strategy aims to: support disabled children and young people…
Continue Reading...This is fantastic news! Special Needs Jungle, SEND Action and SEND National Crisis, though they still remain their own entities have now joined forces in a new SEND Community Alliance. This will increase our campaign power and make us so much stronger together! Read SNJ’s article here: https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/launching-send-community-alliance-an-independent-campaign-group/
Continue Reading...SOS! SEN and others talk about tribunals, their delays and the problems this causes for families. The Ministry of Justice says they are recruiting more judges to deal with the current backlog. However, thinking about it, surely this would not be necessary if the Government and LAs did their jobs…
Continue Reading...At the last coffee morning (23rd October), we had the pleasure of listening to a talk by Claire Ryan, founder of ChatterPack, a website for those looking for resources and advice about ADHD. She herself has ADHD and gave us a wonderful insight into what growing up was like for…
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