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Friday, 20 December 2013

Children and Families Bill: letters from the battlefront

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a Coalition Government decided the SEN system needed reforming. In its  Green Paper , '...
Saturday, 30 November 2013

The Children and Families Bill and Merton Mencap Kids First: show us the evidence

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© Sam Tiegen Experience of the SEN system is a call to action for many parents. I know of some who have relentlessly pursued  infor...
Saturday, 9 November 2013

Be on your best behaviour for Mr Timpson

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Copyright  Lovro Rumiha Just recently, Edward Timpson, Children’s Minister, spoke to the Young Minds BOND National Conference about me...
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Interesting views of the NUT on Parents and SEN Direct Payments

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I thought the July 2013 briefing by the NUT on the Children and Families Bill made interesting reading, especially in relation to its conce...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Children and Families Bill: a Senco speaks

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I posted recently about my concerns about the Children and Families Bill and what it is going to mean in practice for our children. © h...
Friday, 5 July 2013

The 'Team (getting) around (their duties to) the child'

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Aah, 'multi-agency working',  'joined up working', the 'Team around the Child' etc etc. It all sounds so good a...

Meeting needs or protecting funds?

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A parent recently sent me this account of the process of identifying her son’s needs which I think is, sadly, shared by many. The p...