Keep up to date with all of the latest news, headlines and features from across the SEND sector.
A new report commissioned by National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) documents the experiences of autistic children and young people who have accessed Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) inpatient environments.
The 5 Steps to Health booklet, produced by the NHS and the Merseyside-based charity Options for Supported Living, is a guide to supporting good health for people with learning disabilities to support them, their friends & families and other professionals.
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) have produced a new guide to teacher feedback to support learning. A foreword by Dylan William, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment concisely identifies the essence of the report.
The Department of Education has launched an open consultation to help inform their review of behaviour guidance and suspensions and permanent exclusions guidance to be undertaken later this year.
A brand new course for adults with a learning disability or autism has been launched by Mind the Gap in York.
The Special Education Needs Policy Reference Forum (SENPRF), an independent sector expert forum, have published their report ‘How schools are coping with the impact of Covid-19 on the teaching of pupils with SEND: lessons for schools’
Vicky Ford MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, has this week written to leaders of special and alternative provision schools reminding them of the opportunity to access two key areas of government support this summer.
Deafblind Awareness Week runs from 27th June – 3rd July and the charity Deafblind UK is encouraging everyone to tell someone else about deafblindness during the week so we can all be more deafblind aware.
The Department for Education announced back in November 2020 that it would be extending its holiday activities and food programme to cover the whole of England.
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) announced that they have been awarded a grant from the Nuffield Foundation, worth approximately £500K, to examine the impact that the school closures and lockdowns related to Covid-19...
New report by Ofsted and the CQC, SEND: old issues, new issues, next steps, highlights how long-standing issues around SEND were amplified during the pandemic.
Ambitious about Autism, The Autism Education Trust and the Department for Education have worked together to produce four toolkits to help more autistic young people access sustainable and meaningful employment opportunities.
Ofqual have commissioned and published a qualitative review into the experience of schools and colleges in utilising assistive technology (AT) for high stakes formative assessment.
The DfE has updated the guidance for secondary schools operating Summer schools during the summer break. There is a newly published form for schools to confirm their arrangements by 30th June.
The DfE ‘Understanding progress paper from the Autumn term of 2021’ highlights the estimated learning loss experienced by pupils due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The DfE and the NSPCC have setup a dedicated helpline to support pupils who may have been subjected to abuse or unwanted sexual behaviour whilst in an education setting. This comes as Ofsted release their review into the scale of the problem.
Anne Longfield OBE has been appointed as the new independent chair of the Learning Disability and Autism Children and Young People’s Steering Group.
Following a period of unparalleled growth, nasen– the leading charity that exists to support and champion those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences – is seeking a new CEO.
A new report by Carers UK has been released to coincide with the start of Carers Week (7th - 13th June 2021).
A joint report from NHS Health Education England and Council for Disabled Children, of which nasen is a member, has been released looking into the experience of children and young people accessing healthcare services from NHS settings to personal care.
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