SEN

As the academic year comes to an end, subject teachers can start to relax somewhat as the bulk of their work is done – specifications…

The reforms of recent years emphasised that all teachers are accountable for all children in their class, including students with SEND.…

The ambition of the SEND reforms is to ensure that young people move into adulthood with choice and control over their lives, and have…

As Francis Bacon once said; ‘Great changes are easier than small ones’. In education in general and the special educational needs and…

In the UK, approximately 700,000 people might have autism, which translates to more than one in every 100 individuals. It’s a…

Diagnosis, at least for some professionals, remains synonymous with labelling in a negative sense. Labelling is not a disaster. It does not…

A survey by Development Autism Research Technology (DART) shows that children with autism spend on average three hours a day using…

Why is it that, despite the Bercow Report (2008), children and young people with Speech, Language and Communication Needs are still being…

When I was asked to write this column, the brief was to provide information for teachers on how to handle a situation in which you have a…

Over recent years, we have seen dramatic changes both in terms of policy and attitudes towards children and young people with special…

We are all teachers of Special Educational Needs. Did you realise? That’s the message from the new Code of Practice - check out para 6.37,…

The education of pupils with learning differences has been long and eventful, culminating in the radical reforms of 2014. The journey to our…

​QI am head of Y9 at a small, rural secondary school. A young man who joined us in September 2013, whilst not statemented, is definitely…