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For many SEND and education professionals, next month’s nasen Live 2021 conference will be one of the first opportunities they have had to come together and share learnings as we look to the future after the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The A-level results based on Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs) were released today and, unlike last year, they appear to have been well received by students and parents.

New research from ‘Yale Child Study Center’ demonstrates that puppets can hold the attention of children with autism, raising the potential for developing more engaging therapies.

The operational guidance for all settings was updated on 17th August to provide further clarification of the new self-isolation rules and other changes affecting education.

The Department for Work & Pensions has updated its guidance for users and employers around the Access to Work grants. Access to Work is a publicly funded employment support programme that aims to help more disabled people start or stay in work.

After a highly competitive national search, nasen’s board of trustees has confirmed that Annamarie Hassall MBE, Strategic Director of the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been appointed CEO and will join the organisation at the end of September.

WeThe15 is a new global human rights movement looking to end discrimination for the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities.

nasen are delighted to announce new sponsorship from the award-winning EdTech company Scanning Pens. Scanning Pens supplies text-to-speech devices to support people with dyslexia, and other people whose daily lives are impacted by literacy differences. 

Please see the attached document for details of the AAO extension to 10th September.

Calling all Early Years practitioners! nasen is delighted to have produced a new resource for Early Years practitioners called ‘At a Glance’.

A new report from the Early Intervention Foundation around adolescent mental health and school-based interventions provides schools with a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of what works, for whom and under what circumstances.

Ambitious about Autism have worked with their Ambitious Youth Network to create a library of videos of children, young people and adults talking about their lived experience of being diagnosed with autism.

The Children’s Society has produced its tenth Good Childhood Report on the well-being of children (aged 10 to 17) in the UK.

The Children’s Commissioner’s website has published a guide for children and young people on their return to school this week detailing what to expect and who to contact if they are worried.

Today marks youth mental health day in the UK and, with older teenagers and young adults being deemed the groups whose mental health was affected most by the pandemic, this focus on mental health is a timely one.

A survey by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) highlighting significant issues regarding funding is set to be published. 

A new resource on how best to communicate with young people with SEND has been compiled by the Council for Disabled Children and co-produced with the FLARE group, young advisors to the Department of Education.

Google has announced a series of free webinars around the accessibility features of their products. The webinars will exemplify the accessibility features in Chromebooks, Chrome Browser and Google Workspace for Education tools.

NatSIP have worked with colleagues across the SI sector NatSIP have worked with colleagues across the SI sector to produce a checklist designed to aid non-specialist teachers to self-evaluate the classroom experience for pupils with SI.

This Thursday sees the celebration of teaching assistants across the UK.