7/n #autism #SENDparent
Then add to that factors like race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, level of education by parents... it makes a huge difference.
Professionals owe parents education (hermeneutical justice basically). Sometimes lived experience solidarity is all parents can take. IYKYK..
Then add to that factors like race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, level of education by parents... it makes a huge difference.
Professionals owe parents education (hermeneutical justice basically). Sometimes lived experience solidarity is all parents can take. IYKYK..
September 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
7/n #autism #SENDparent
Then add to that factors like race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, level of education by parents... it makes a huge difference.
Professionals owe parents education (hermeneutical justice basically). Sometimes lived experience solidarity is all parents can take. IYKYK..
Then add to that factors like race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, level of education by parents... it makes a huge difference.
Professionals owe parents education (hermeneutical justice basically). Sometimes lived experience solidarity is all parents can take. IYKYK..
6/n #autism #SENDparent
If we consciously consider autism, intellectual disability, neurology, speech apraxia, and sensory processing we get a much better understanding of needs. This means we can be better at supporting needs.
If we consciously consider autism, intellectual disability, neurology, speech apraxia, and sensory processing we get a much better understanding of needs. This means we can be better at supporting needs.
September 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
6/n #autism #SENDparent
If we consciously consider autism, intellectual disability, neurology, speech apraxia, and sensory processing we get a much better understanding of needs. This means we can be better at supporting needs.
If we consciously consider autism, intellectual disability, neurology, speech apraxia, and sensory processing we get a much better understanding of needs. This means we can be better at supporting needs.
1/n
#autistic #SENDparent
I wish for the thinking around autism to be more precise in spelling out for parents co-occurring cognitive, speech, and sensory issues. Ditto neurological.
Precision in knowledge emancipates parents, improving their advocacy and outcomes thinking, helping their children
#autistic #SENDparent
I wish for the thinking around autism to be more precise in spelling out for parents co-occurring cognitive, speech, and sensory issues. Ditto neurological.
Precision in knowledge emancipates parents, improving their advocacy and outcomes thinking, helping their children
September 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
1/n
#autistic #SENDparent
I wish for the thinking around autism to be more precise in spelling out for parents co-occurring cognitive, speech, and sensory issues. Ditto neurological.
Precision in knowledge emancipates parents, improving their advocacy and outcomes thinking, helping their children
#autistic #SENDparent
I wish for the thinking around autism to be more precise in spelling out for parents co-occurring cognitive, speech, and sensory issues. Ditto neurological.
Precision in knowledge emancipates parents, improving their advocacy and outcomes thinking, helping their children
Eldest has sensory sensitivity leading to anxiety & stress
School offers some adjustments - but he can't access them as he hates comments/ bullying
He won't wear any ear loops/ eardefenders, have tinted glasses to reduce light etc because anything different makes him a target
#SENDparent
School offers some adjustments - but he can't access them as he hates comments/ bullying
He won't wear any ear loops/ eardefenders, have tinted glasses to reduce light etc because anything different makes him a target
#SENDparent
May 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Eldest has sensory sensitivity leading to anxiety & stress
School offers some adjustments - but he can't access them as he hates comments/ bullying
He won't wear any ear loops/ eardefenders, have tinted glasses to reduce light etc because anything different makes him a target
#SENDparent
School offers some adjustments - but he can't access them as he hates comments/ bullying
He won't wear any ear loops/ eardefenders, have tinted glasses to reduce light etc because anything different makes him a target
#SENDparent
City of York Council wants to hear your views about how effective it is in identifying and meeting the needs for children and young people from 0-25, with Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) in York.
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SENDParent...
Closing date – 6 June 2025
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SENDParent...
Closing date – 6 June 2025
May 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
City of York Council wants to hear your views about how effective it is in identifying and meeting the needs for children and young people from 0-25, with Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) in York.
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SENDParent...
Closing date – 6 June 2025
Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SENDParent...
Closing date – 6 June 2025
Emptying my head onto paper - the good, the bad, the random, the real - is how I stay upright, or at least how I get back up faster when life knocks me down.
Whether it's a to-do, a memory, something the kids said, or just how I'm feeling, it all lands here first.
#ParentCarerLife #SENDParent
Whether it's a to-do, a memory, something the kids said, or just how I'm feeling, it all lands here first.
#ParentCarerLife #SENDParent
April 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Emptying my head onto paper - the good, the bad, the random, the real - is how I stay upright, or at least how I get back up faster when life knocks me down.
Whether it's a to-do, a memory, something the kids said, or just how I'm feeling, it all lands here first.
#ParentCarerLife #SENDParent
Whether it's a to-do, a memory, something the kids said, or just how I'm feeling, it all lands here first.
#ParentCarerLife #SENDParent
@libdems.org.uk #LDConf I'm watching online from beautiful East Devon. Question, are we able to speak on a motion online, I did fill out a card but it's not terribly clear. I wish I could, 3 mins on F25 from the perspective of a #SENDPARENT
March 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
@libdems.org.uk #LDConf I'm watching online from beautiful East Devon. Question, are we able to speak on a motion online, I did fill out a card but it's not terribly clear. I wish I could, 3 mins on F25 from the perspective of a #SENDPARENT
Life is one battle after another for SEN families. Between fighting for diagnosis, support, healthcare, school needs being met, respite & everything else, it’s relentless. Im 13+ years in & can confirm that caring for my children is the easy part 😔 #SEND #SENDPARENT #EHCP #PersonalBudget
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Life is one battle after another for SEN families. Between fighting for diagnosis, support, healthcare, school needs being met, respite & everything else, it’s relentless. Im 13+ years in & can confirm that caring for my children is the easy part 😔 #SEND #SENDPARENT #EHCP #PersonalBudget
#SENDcrisis #edpsychs #teachers #SENDparent
Roof - culture change
We owe late Ruth Perry to change culture regarding Ofsted fear. We owe countless SEND children who completed suicides to work on bullying etc. Lives over grades. Lives over jobs.
Roof - culture change
We owe late Ruth Perry to change culture regarding Ofsted fear. We owe countless SEND children who completed suicides to work on bullying etc. Lives over grades. Lives over jobs.
February 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#SENDcrisis #edpsychs #teachers #SENDparent
Roof - culture change
We owe late Ruth Perry to change culture regarding Ofsted fear. We owe countless SEND children who completed suicides to work on bullying etc. Lives over grades. Lives over jobs.
Roof - culture change
We owe late Ruth Perry to change culture regarding Ofsted fear. We owe countless SEND children who completed suicides to work on bullying etc. Lives over grades. Lives over jobs.
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #SEND #edpsychs #teachers
Walls - staffing
Exhausted. Teachers, EdPsychs, LA SEND teams, support charities etc.
Staffbneed more SEND training, better employment conditions, retention strategies agreed with unions, more PPA / CPD / supervision time. Staff are Golden Geese.
Walls - staffing
Exhausted. Teachers, EdPsychs, LA SEND teams, support charities etc.
Staffbneed more SEND training, better employment conditions, retention strategies agreed with unions, more PPA / CPD / supervision time. Staff are Golden Geese.
February 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #SEND #edpsychs #teachers
Walls - staffing
Exhausted. Teachers, EdPsychs, LA SEND teams, support charities etc.
Staffbneed more SEND training, better employment conditions, retention strategies agreed with unions, more PPA / CPD / supervision time. Staff are Golden Geese.
Walls - staffing
Exhausted. Teachers, EdPsychs, LA SEND teams, support charities etc.
Staffbneed more SEND training, better employment conditions, retention strategies agreed with unions, more PPA / CPD / supervision time. Staff are Golden Geese.
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #teacher #school #edpsych
Walls - curriculum. Whilst Fronted Adverbials are a thing for 7 yr olds teachers will be losing battles. They need more freedom with the curriculum as they're now scared of Ofsted. Not everything measured counts, not all that counts can be measured.
Walls - curriculum. Whilst Fronted Adverbials are a thing for 7 yr olds teachers will be losing battles. They need more freedom with the curriculum as they're now scared of Ofsted. Not everything measured counts, not all that counts can be measured.
February 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #teacher #school #edpsych
Walls - curriculum. Whilst Fronted Adverbials are a thing for 7 yr olds teachers will be losing battles. They need more freedom with the curriculum as they're now scared of Ofsted. Not everything measured counts, not all that counts can be measured.
Walls - curriculum. Whilst Fronted Adverbials are a thing for 7 yr olds teachers will be losing battles. They need more freedom with the curriculum as they're now scared of Ofsted. Not everything measured counts, not all that counts can be measured.
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #SEND #edpsychs #teachers
Walls - family lived experience p2
As a SEND parent I have experienced parent blame and each time the professionals were completely wrong. Sorry doesn't fix it.
Unfunded system isn't a parent's problem any more than potholes are your car's problem
Walls - family lived experience p2
As a SEND parent I have experienced parent blame and each time the professionals were completely wrong. Sorry doesn't fix it.
Unfunded system isn't a parent's problem any more than potholes are your car's problem
February 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #SEND #edpsychs #teachers
Walls - family lived experience p2
As a SEND parent I have experienced parent blame and each time the professionals were completely wrong. Sorry doesn't fix it.
Unfunded system isn't a parent's problem any more than potholes are your car's problem
Walls - family lived experience p2
As a SEND parent I have experienced parent blame and each time the professionals were completely wrong. Sorry doesn't fix it.
Unfunded system isn't a parent's problem any more than potholes are your car's problem
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #edpsychs #teachers
Walls - family lived experience must be central.
If we believe that it is child first and always then (unless safeguarding), our parents' voice must be central alongside children's own voices. I know my children far better than any professional ever will
Walls - family lived experience must be central.
If we believe that it is child first and always then (unless safeguarding), our parents' voice must be central alongside children's own voices. I know my children far better than any professional ever will
February 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #edpsychs #teachers
Walls - family lived experience must be central.
If we believe that it is child first and always then (unless safeguarding), our parents' voice must be central alongside children's own voices. I know my children far better than any professional ever will
Walls - family lived experience must be central.
If we believe that it is child first and always then (unless safeguarding), our parents' voice must be central alongside children's own voices. I know my children far better than any professional ever will
#SENDcrisis #SEND #EHCP #SENDparent
Foundation - current policy in theory gives us rights and yet we regularly end up at tribunals. Tighten up the policy keeping family at the centre, implement consistently across the country, conduct more frequent funding reviews.
Foundation - current policy in theory gives us rights and yet we regularly end up at tribunals. Tighten up the policy keeping family at the centre, implement consistently across the country, conduct more frequent funding reviews.
February 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#SENDcrisis #SEND #EHCP #SENDparent
Foundation - current policy in theory gives us rights and yet we regularly end up at tribunals. Tighten up the policy keeping family at the centre, implement consistently across the country, conduct more frequent funding reviews.
Foundation - current policy in theory gives us rights and yet we regularly end up at tribunals. Tighten up the policy keeping family at the centre, implement consistently across the country, conduct more frequent funding reviews.
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #edpsychs
As a SEND parent, Trainee EP, & former central gov policy implementation manager, here is my SEND house:
Foundation -> fully funded consistently implemented policy
Walls -> family lived experience, curriculum, staff training, staff retention
Roof -> culture change
As a SEND parent, Trainee EP, & former central gov policy implementation manager, here is my SEND house:
Foundation -> fully funded consistently implemented policy
Walls -> family lived experience, curriculum, staff training, staff retention
Roof -> culture change
February 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#SENDcrisis #SENDparent #edpsychs
As a SEND parent, Trainee EP, & former central gov policy implementation manager, here is my SEND house:
Foundation -> fully funded consistently implemented policy
Walls -> family lived experience, curriculum, staff training, staff retention
Roof -> culture change
As a SEND parent, Trainee EP, & former central gov policy implementation manager, here is my SEND house:
Foundation -> fully funded consistently implemented policy
Walls -> family lived experience, curriculum, staff training, staff retention
Roof -> culture change
#SEND #SENDparent #DFE #SENDcrisis #ECHP #autism #disability #education
SEND parents and SEND activists in England, did you contribute to the Education Select committee / DfE "solutions to SEND crisis" consultation? It closed on Thursday.
Besides the obvious more funding what are your thoughts?
SEND parents and SEND activists in England, did you contribute to the Education Select committee / DfE "solutions to SEND crisis" consultation? It closed on Thursday.
Besides the obvious more funding what are your thoughts?
February 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#SEND #SENDparent #DFE #SENDcrisis #ECHP #autism #disability #education
SEND parents and SEND activists in England, did you contribute to the Education Select committee / DfE "solutions to SEND crisis" consultation? It closed on Thursday.
Besides the obvious more funding what are your thoughts?
SEND parents and SEND activists in England, did you contribute to the Education Select committee / DfE "solutions to SEND crisis" consultation? It closed on Thursday.
Besides the obvious more funding what are your thoughts?
Today was a day of two halves...eldest had a meltdown due to unexpected change of plans and lots of being prodded (hospital visit!). Horrible for them. Then lovely festive Afternoon Tea with my husband when they were happily back at school.
#SENDparent #autism #autistic #Christmas
#SENDparent #autism #autistic #Christmas
December 18, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Today was a day of two halves...eldest had a meltdown due to unexpected change of plans and lots of being prodded (hospital visit!). Horrible for them. Then lovely festive Afternoon Tea with my husband when they were happily back at school.
#SENDparent #autism #autistic #Christmas
#SENDparent #autism #autistic #Christmas
Eldest has just had a meltdown and had to be picked up early from the place they love being on a Saturday morning because they haven't been able to understand the interpersonal stuff going on there. Makes me very sad for them and triggers me from my teen years. #SENDparent #autism #adhd #SENDsky
December 14, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Eldest has just had a meltdown and had to be picked up early from the place they love being on a Saturday morning because they haven't been able to understand the interpersonal stuff going on there. Makes me very sad for them and triggers me from my teen years. #SENDparent #autism #adhd #SENDsky
I agree - it is written to put parents off applying.
Otherwise, it’s ’We have 5 skilled and experienced TAs / our SENDCO would be happy to meet and discuss your child’s needs’… etc
No #SENDparent wants to make their child the ‘test case’ that forces a school into better working practices.
Otherwise, it’s ’We have 5 skilled and experienced TAs / our SENDCO would be happy to meet and discuss your child’s needs’… etc
No #SENDparent wants to make their child the ‘test case’ that forces a school into better working practices.
August 26, 2024 at 9:33 AM
I agree - it is written to put parents off applying.
Otherwise, it’s ’We have 5 skilled and experienced TAs / our SENDCO would be happy to meet and discuss your child’s needs’… etc
No #SENDparent wants to make their child the ‘test case’ that forces a school into better working practices.
Otherwise, it’s ’We have 5 skilled and experienced TAs / our SENDCO would be happy to meet and discuss your child’s needs’… etc
No #SENDparent wants to make their child the ‘test case’ that forces a school into better working practices.
NB - this is in my role at an FE college as Transitions Coordinator - so targeted! #year11 #pta #SENDParent #FECollege
August 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
NB - this is in my role at an FE college as Transitions Coordinator - so targeted! #year11 #pta #SENDParent #FECollege