Early years at the heart of SEND reform
Practitioners in nursery and pre-school settings are the important first support network for children not meeting developmental milestones
Keeping your cool – when the pupils can’t
Hot weather can be particularly challenging for neurodivergent children and young people
Ministers face ‘uphill battle’ to narrow achievement gap for SEND pupils
New report shows stark differences in attainment across disadvantaged groups
Inclusion bases are a whole-school challenge, not a room-based solution
Belonging and acceptance must underpin the government’s guidance to schools
Outstanding SEND school tackles employment gap
Brackenfield SEND school is creating new places and strengthening its post-16 employment programme
Babies with foetal growth restriction show lasting differences after birth
Study shows lasting effects can affect progress at school
£140 million needed to tackle educational psychologist shortage
Regional disparities in support threaten government’s inclusion plans for SEND pupils
London worst place to find SEND nursery places
At the same time new data shows special schools are over-capacity
Search is on for schools’ top dogs
Children with SEND can benefit hugely from interactions with dogs
Navigating the SEND grieving process
Acknowledging a child's neurodivergence can be a devastating journey for parents
Finding out more about…foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
Drinking while pregnant can cause lifelong developmental and learning difficulties
Finding out more about…ARFID
Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a serious eating condition in children and young people
New £7 million SEND Hub initiative for Lincolnshire
The Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust and Lincolnshire County Council enter "groundbreaking" collaboration
Finding out more about…ataxia
Ataxia is a rare neurological condition affecting about 10,000 people in the UK
Making careers education ‘less about careers’
One mainstream school is using tried and tested approaches to deliver careers advice for children with SEND
Finding out more about…global developmental delay (GDD)
A child who is significantly behind in expected milestones such as walking and talking may have GDD
Finding out more about…Down syndrome
About 40,000 people living in the UK have Down, affecting about one in 800 babies
Finding out more about…auditory processing disorder
Although not in itself a learning disability, auditor procesing disorder can affect how children hear and process information
AI is helping SEND learners in remarkable ways
Artificial intelligence isn't science fiction any more - it is helping SEND pupils to become more efficient learners