Helen SEND

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Hi Sue. Thanks. Is the best way to contact you through your website?

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🔎💬SEND/INCLUSION SPEAKERS💬🔎

I am looking for a key note speaker for an INSET day at my Trust in Co.Durham.

Date: 21st July

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to win everything you see in the video.

I’ll draw it as soon after 7pm 3/2/25 as I remember 😊

Absolutely 100% this ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Been working with teens excluded from school. All have #SEND (most commonly ASD/ADHD/DLD) but were either diagnosed too late or not even assessed until after they were excluded. It’s heartbreaking

‘81% of children with behavioural disorders have significant language difficulties’

How wonderful ☺️

The Education Select Commitee is keen to find out how SEND is affecting you and your school. They would also like to hear any solutions that has improved your child's experience of schooling.

You can find the link to the consultation here: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...

Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle | John Harris When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

“When people get to 18, it’s like being sent in a tiny little boat, out to sea. It’s just terrifying.” A lot of nodding reading this from @johnharris1969.bsky.social
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Please share with any SEND and AP colleagues :)

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Mapped nearly 1000 Alternative Provisions across the UK so far as part of a project. Thousands more to add I'm sure.

Pop the web address of any you know below please and I'll add them on!

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bbcwomanshour on Instagram: "‘It is a crisis that is not serving our children’s needs’Over the past few months on Woman’s Hour we’ve been looking at support for…" ‘It is a crisis that is not serving our children’s needs’Over the past few months on Woman’s Hour we’ve been looking at support for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).This week, actor @annamaxwellmartin shared her family’s experiences navigating the SEND system.Anna has two daughters with SEND and has struggled to get support to meet their needs.Speaking about the introduction of fines for parents of children missing school, the Motherland and Line of Duty star told @bbcnuala that she feels the system doesn’t support children or their families and that it’s a ‘catastrophe’.Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “Every child and young person deserves the best life chances and the opportunity to achieve and thrive… The reform families are crying out for will take time, but with a greater focus on mainstream provision and more early intervention, we will deliver the change that is so desperately needed.”The Education Hub on the government’s website says: ‘Fines are a last resort, and parents will be offered support to help improve their child’s attendance first.“If your child is facing barriers to school attendance due to special education needs or disabilities (SEND), schools, local authorities and wider services are required to work together to provide the right support in the first place.”For more information and support on this topic, head to the BBC Action Line website.You can listen to the full interview on @bbcsounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 28th October 🎧...#womanshour #bbcradio4 #SENDView all 2,169 comments

Anna Maxwell Martin talking about #SEND provision. www.instagram.com/reel/DBtqtbh...

Last week I wrote about the amazing buzz of working in alternative provision; this week we are seeking an additional learning coach to join the team. Apply here: www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/220205/l...

Are you the Board Chair of a MAT, SAT or maintained school/federation? I especially want to hear from you for my doctoral research into the relationship between the chair and the executive leader. Please spare me 10 mins and follow the link app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lincoln/a-...

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Great online training from NASEN/Whole School #SEND on positively responding to increasing complexity in our mainstream schools.

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Ofsted to investigate why pupils with SEND are leaving education Reviews will focus on pupils not in school, those receiving a part-time education and those who are severely absent

#Ofsted inspectors will speak to schools and families this spring to find out why children with SEND are not in schools and how their needs are being met

The new #SENDCONF25 website is now live with updated information on keynotes and workshops.

Don't forget to book your tickets - last year's conference was completely sold out two weeks before the event.

#SEN #SENDCO #Inclusion

www.sendconference.org

A composite of all of the available resources in the bundle

Morning 👋

This resource might be helpful for planning new school routes, or school trips etc...

It's aim is to reduce the anxiety of the unknown, and build independence, as well as estimating how long things take.

Help yourself 😊 via link on my profile

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ADHD, Girls, and Adolescence: A Complex Relationship / Information & Advice | Complete SENse ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by a persistent pattern of behaviours that interfere with functioning or development (as defined by The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

ADHD, Girls & Adolescence

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"Oh, what a shame you're 'just a children's bookshop."

We hear this all too often.

📚 Children and teens deserve spaces and shops for them

📚 Children's and YA books change lives.

It's not a shame we're a children's bookshop. It's a beautiful thing 💕

Front cover of book called beyond boundaries

Devoured this in one sitting.

A must-read for MAT SEND folk.

Thank you @nataliepacker.bsky.social and @davidbartram.bsky.social

Wonderful! A good SENCO is worth their weight in gold. 😊

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,156,265, Helen SEND ‪@helensend.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 14, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,156,265!

Oh no. I so wanted it to be good 🙈

I probably should've tagged this to reach more teachers/ people in schools. Please help answer a quick question if you can spare 30 seconds :-)

#UKEd #ChatChemistry #EduSky #REd24 (that's a cheeky tag to reach lots of teachers! Sorry :-) )

One hour

My BluSky initiation is now complete 😆

Hooray! Keanu Reeves is following me. Wondered when he'd show up.

Yes, absolutely. It was the last item on the news bulletin this morning. 😔