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SEND Round-up: learning, siblings and challenging behaviour
Welcome to the July SEND round-up, my very first month of doing this for BritMums so please do bear with me and be gentle as I try to find my feet here! Thanks so much to the wonderful Hayley from...
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SEND Round-up: Parenting challenges and Different Lives
This month brought several posts highlighting the differences which living with children with additional needs can bring. Jane from Our Little Escapades talked about Ethan’s First Parent Evening and...
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SEND Round-up: Back To School
Apologies for being slightly late with this month’s SEND round-up; I’m claiming our recent house move as a semi-decent excuse though and hope you will all forgive me. There’s a little update on how it...
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SEND Round-up: Education highs and lows
This month there has been a flurry of posts about education; good news, bad news, still waiting for news…. so much to say on this topic that I’m sure it’ll be a regular feature. First the good: Mandy...
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SEND Round-up November: Inclusive experiences, Labels, and Challenges
Starting with lovely positives this month; great news from MotherGeek in Do you believe in fate? and her follow up post SEN school place at last. Jane from Our Little Escapades wrote about some driving...
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SEND Round-up: Festive challenges and reflections
December is my favourite month of the year but also a tricky one for many of us. So many extra challenges and issues have to be taken into account but it’s good to see happy results at times. Jane...
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SEND Round-up: Reflections & what’s in store?
January feels like a tough month for many, especially SEND parents; dark, chilly, wet, snowy (if you’re lucky!) and a long time until pay day are all known to have an effect on the general population....
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SEND Round-up: Diagnosis, A-Zs and letters
Hopefully you’ve all been enjoying a nice sunny half-term; it feels like Spring is on its way and yet I’m sure I’ll be saying next month that it’s freezing cold again! February’s round-up is a mixed...
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SEND Round-up: BareFootChallenge & help for parent carers
We had some great posts linked up last month; still in time for any Easter ski trips planned, Downs Side Up hosted a great piece on Skiing with kids with Down’s Syndrome. I’d add to this with my...
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SEND Round-up: World Autism Awareness & Down’s Syndrome Days
It was fantastic that so many bloggers joined in with last month’s SEND linky; there has indeed been a lot to cover over this period. World Autism Awareness Day/Week/Month following shortly after World...
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SEND Round-up: Undiagnosed Day & PDA Awareness Day
I’m pleased to say there were lots of linkers (20!) and at least two very important SEND days over the last month – Undiagnosed Day and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Awareness Day. Kicking off...
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SEND Round-up: Carers Week & Twitter storm
Yet again, it has been a busy old month in the world of SEND. To be honest though, I don’t think there’s ever a quiet month for any of us. The biggest story of the month was probably the mistake made...
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SEND Round-up: Positives, Campaigns and Communication
I must kick off with a huge apology for this month’s round-up being so late – we had an extra busy run-up to the end of term as we have a Year 6 Leaver here, so even more than usual was packed into...
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SEND Round-up: Holidays
This month has been all about moving house for us, so very little time for a holiday or blogging myself but I’ve still loved reading other blogs when I could. I’m guessing we’ve all experienced...
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SEND Round-up: Back to School
Photo credit: EvgeniiAnd via Shutterstock So it looks like autumn has finally arrived, after the briefest of Indian summers. It won’t be long before Christmas! (sorry). Last month more posts were...
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SEND Round-up: NIPT, more school & success
Photo credit: EvgeniiAnd via Shutterstock Wow, 24 linkers for the SEND Round-up last month; I’m wondering if that must be some sort of record! Thanks all. Think we all got prolific overnight… either...
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SEND Round-up: Special school, parties & pushy parents
Photo credit: EvgeniiAnd via ShutterstockLast month included a huge variety of posts, with topics ranging from school and parties to pushy parents and changing places. School issues continue to be key...
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SEND Round-up: Christmas shows, gift lists & reflections
Photo credit: EvgeniiAnd via Shutterstock By the time you’re reading this, SEND families will have just about made it through what can be a challenging period for many of us. Christmas shows usually...
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SEND Round-up: Reviewing & looking forward
Photo credit: EvgeniiAnd via ShutterstockI’m obviously not the first to wish you all a Happy New Year, but that doesn’t mean I wish it any less for you! 2017 could be a cracker – certainly in terms of...
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SEND Round-up: World Rare Disease Day & pushy parents
Photo credit: EvgeniiAnd via Shutterstock There’s been a lot going on generally over the past couple of months, including a fair amount of sickness in our household unfortunately. So I am delighted to...
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