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Keep up to date with all of the latest news, headlines and features from across the SEND sector.

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Advancing Accessibility - Microsoft announces new adaptive accessories 

Microsoft has revealed a new line of adaptive resources to support people who find the conventional keyboard and mouse layout a challenge.

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The Big Learning Disability Survey

Mencap has launched the Big Learning Disability Survey to provide a platform for hearing the voices of people with a learning disability aged 18 and over.

nasen attends global event to discuss Attention in Autism

Last week, two staff members from nasen visited Valencia, Spain for the Teacher Training and Attention in Autism (TTAA) project. As well as nasen, project members include researchers and teachers from the UK, Spain, Greece and Israel.

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Huge increase in Education, Health and Care Plans as statistics released

The facts and figures around EHC plans from the January census have been released and there have been increases across the board. 

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Choose Kind on National Children’s Day UK – 15th May

This year the National Children’s Day UK is to be celebrated on Sunday 15th May and the theme this year is ‘Choose Kind’.

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SEND Review Accessible Versions published and timeline amended

The Department for Education has published accessible versions of the SEND review green paper.

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School attendance consultation response published

The Department for Education has published its response to the consultation from January this year,  ‘School attendance: improving the consistency of support’.

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New Resources for Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this year from 9th May to 15th May, and the theme for 2022 is loneliness.

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What schools need to know about disability - free webinar

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has recently updated its guide, Disabled Children and the Equality Act 2010: What teachers need to know and what schools need to do.

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The Tes SEND Poetry Competition is back!

The Tes SEND Show’s national poetry competition returns for pupils in primary and secondary education to promote creative writing and conversation around SEND inclusion in the classroom.

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Autism, ADHD and school absence are risk factors for self-harm

A new report has retrospectively analysed the factors associated with self-harm in over 111,000 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years old across four London boroughs.

Autism Acceptance Month - Free webinars

Autism Acceptance Month may be coming to a close but we believe learning should take place all year round. For the next two weeks we are providing FREE access to selected resources to help deepen understanding of autism.

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nasen to support The LEGO Foundation’s Play For All Accelerator Programme

nasen have announced a new partnership with The LEGO Foundation, helping to deliver the new $20million Play For All Accelerator grant fund. 

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Area SEND reviews show the challenges faced across the sector

The statistics from Local Area SEND reviews, which have just been published, make for disheartening reading. Since 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have carried out joint inspections of SEND arrangements in 116 of 151 local areas in England.

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nasen responds to release of Schools White Paper

The Government has today released the Schools’ White Paper – the policy document that sets out proposed future legislation.

Please read on for our official response.

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nasen responds to the SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper

nasen has today welcomed the release of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Review: Right Support, Right Place, Right Time – the government’s SEND and alternative provision (AP) green paper.

Read on for our official response.

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Anxiety – Pedagogy in practice - free webinar 21st June 2022; 15.45

ACAMH are delighted to have teamed up with the Chartered College of Teaching to present a FREE online training series, ‘Pedagogy in practice’, exclusively for teachers and school leaders, and Chartered College of Teaching Members.

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Ofsted briefing ‘Education recovery in early years providers: spring 2022’

This briefing draws on inspection evidence gathered in the spring 2022 term and discussions with early years inspectors about the ongoing implications of the pandemic on children.

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513 new Changing Places toilets to be funded by the government

Changing Places UK have been campaigning since 2005 to have Changing Places toilets installed in all big public spaces so peoples can access their community.

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Marcus Wilton, nasen Young Person of the year (2020) meets Minister Will Quince

14-year-old Marcus Wilton, youth speaker, mentor and advocate for equitable education was invited to meet Minister Will Quince this week.