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Law Trumps Policy! Parent/Advocate IPSEA 1-3 trained #caudaequinaawareness All views are my own
Liverpool
Joined May 2018
We are working hard to help families with a 'gift of a Pre-Loved School Uniform' @mjello06 @SavageSFX
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It's Stop the Pressure Day and we are looking at how small actions can have a big impact - we'll be sharing info and stories to raise awareness of the devastating impact pressure ulcers have on the SCI community. Visit our website for more information⬇️ https://t.co/pUmYMbWLQu
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The government will fund research for tools to help identify children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) earlier, with the aim that these will be in schools by 2028. https://t.co/jMLQoDnBXF
tes.com
Science minister Lord Vallance says £4 million research programme aims to support faster intervention
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Can you Donate to help keep Special Needs Jungle online? Everyone who writes for us is a volunteer but we have increasing costs to keep the site going. We’re super grateful for any amount you can donate—as a one-off or a regular contribution. Thank you ❤️
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Donate to Special Needs Jungle and help keep us online! Your support is so important and we LOVE our Patron monthly donators!
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The petition to protect disabled children’s rights is still going up and has now reached 127,000. Can you help us with a final push to get as many signatures as possible by the time it closes on 9th October? #SEND #DisabilityRights
https://t.co/ZiYlX5hAGT
petition.parliament.uk
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable...
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We must have missed the apology for all the parent blaming about exaggersting SEND needs and playing the system to get extra time in exams. https://t.co/j5F54Kpx0f
apple.news
Regulator for England withdraws statistics for students receiving assistance in A-Level and GCSE exams going back to 2014
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During a parliamentary debate on SEND in the South East, Surrey Health MP, Dr Al Pinkerton, spoke passionately about how the existing law must be retained. Several other MPs also spoke up for retaining rights. Minister, Catherine McKinnell, did not.
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“The idea that children with SEND can be randomly and adequately catered for by placing them all together in a “unit” in a mainstream school with no legal protection is preposterous.” #SaveOurChildrensRights
https://t.co/fq8OYwUsTC
apple.news
It’s not rocket science, but it will involve empathy and courageous leadership
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Our Solicitor Deborah Camp has provided a helpful overview of the new Practice Direction for bundle preparation coming into force in SENDT for Hearings from 15 July 2025 - if you have a Hearing coming up, please be aware of this change. https://t.co/x5fLOYArEa
senlegal.co.uk
The SEND Tribunal has recently issued a new Practice Direction (linked below) which applies to bundles used in final hearings after 15 July 2025. The guidance introduces new page limits for...
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It’s #LearningDisabilityWeek and the government is considering removing the right to an education, health and care plan. Please sign and share the petition and write to your MP. https://t.co/ZiYlX5i8wr
https://t.co/uqvRA2Zfd8
tes.com
Education ministers questioned on SEND reforms, teacher recruitment and screen time in schools today
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Archies's Room - a room boasting of Specialist Visual and Sound for our patients with sensory needs #uhlgthennowld
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It's learning disability week. This year's theme is about being seen, heard and being valued. You have the right to ask for reasonable adjustments to make sure you get the right health care you need. https://t.co/zjeMASXZMg
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Being able to know where are patients are, helps us to support them #uhlgthennowld
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Essential analysis of a new report on SEND reform that proposes addressing the crisis in SEND provision by reducing children & young people’s legal right to support and removing local authorities' responsibilities. https://t.co/BEc5kzhM4i
specialneedsjungle.com
Education Secretary tells parents their disabled children’s “current” rights won’t be removed. But LA proxies still want to kill laws
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More money to implement “radical reforms”. Will the money be ringfenced to support disabled children or will it be used to pay off LA debts, remove disabled children’s rights and put them in units? Please sign the petition. https://t.co/ZiYlX5hAGT
https://t.co/Qo9zvmQPsi
observer.co.uk
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Over 90,000. Will you help protect disabled children’s rights by signing and sharing? We need 100,000 to get a debate in Parliament. Under 18s can sign. Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND -
petition.parliament.uk
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable...
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NEW POST: Our submission to the #SEND Inquiry 2025 has 80 practical recommendations to solve the SEND Emergency. Now it’s been published by @CommonsEd, we are sharing it with you. Let us know if we missed anything! https://t.co/EUqqvrf1XF
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Thank you @GMB for giving this story the airtime - so many families affected by this.
Uncertainity is shrouding families of children with special educational needs who are reportedly facing losing the legal right to extra support in schools under rumoured proposals being considered by the govt. Ranvir and @robbierinder speak to Carrie Grant and Hayley Harding.
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