I reflect on a challenging year marked by Sam’s difficult transition to secondary school due to SEND. The transition exposes unmet needs, leading to an emergency review, and anxiety, and ultimately requiring specialist education. Despite ongoing struggles with support services, I find solace in my online community.
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The bell rings, echoing throughout the building. In classrooms, desks sit vacant, awaiting students who never arrive. This isn’t the scene of a deserted school after hours; it’s the harsh reality of school refusal, a growing challenge that disproportionately impacts pupils with special educational needs (SEN). For these students, the classroom doors can represent huge […]
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Children’s Mental Health Week starts tomorrow and we know that COVID, lockdown and the cost of living crisis is having an adverse effect on our children’s mental health. It could be decades before we see the true effect these last few years will have had on mental health in children. However the statistics we are […]
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