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  1. SEND Reforms: Government Promises Quicker Support Amidst Parent Anxiety

    England's government plans SEND reforms with new Individual Support Plans, but parents worry EHCPs might become harder to qualify for. Find out what changes.

    #SENDreforms, #EHCP, #SpecialNeeds, #EducationEngland, #ParentAnxiety

    newsletter.tf/england-send-ref

  2. England's government is changing SEND support. They promise faster help but some parents fear it will be harder to get EHCPs, which are legal plans.

    #SENDreforms, #EHCP, #SpecialNeeds, #EducationEngland, #ParentAnxiety

    newsletter.tf/england-send-ref

  3. Sixth-Grade Student Left Alone After School Walkout

    A special needs student was found miles from Dundee Middle School after leaving during an ICE protest walkout. His mother seeks answers and considers legal action.

    #DundeeMiddleSchool, #StudentSafety, #SpecialNeeds, #ICEprotest, #SchoolWalkout

    newsletter.tf/dundee-middle-sc

  4. Sixth-Grade Student Left Alone After School Walkout

    A special needs student was found miles from Dundee Middle School after leaving during an ICE protest walkout. His mother seeks answers and considers legal action.

    #DundeeMiddleSchool, #StudentSafety, #SpecialNeeds, #ICEprotest, #SchoolWalkout

    newsletter.tf/dundee-middle-sc

  5. Sixth-Grade Student Left Alone After School Walkout

    A special needs student was found miles from Dundee Middle School after leaving during an ICE protest walkout. His mother seeks answers and considers legal action.

    #DundeeMiddleSchool, #StudentSafety, #SpecialNeeds, #ICEprotest, #SchoolWalkout

    newsletter.tf/dundee-middle-sc

  6. Sixth-Grade Student Left Alone After School Walkout

    A special needs student was found miles from Dundee Middle School after leaving during an ICE protest walkout. His mother seeks answers and considers legal action.

    #DundeeMiddleSchool, #StudentSafety, #SpecialNeeds, #ICEprotest, #SchoolWalkout

    newsletter.tf/dundee-middle-sc

  7. Sixth-Grade Student Left Alone After School Walkout

    A special needs student was found miles from Dundee Middle School after leaving during an ICE protest walkout. His mother seeks answers and considers legal action.

    #DundeeMiddleSchool, #StudentSafety, #SpecialNeeds, #ICEprotest, #SchoolWalkout

    newsletter.tf/dundee-middle-sc

  8. Bridgewood Farms plans expansions, including future housing developments

    The nonprofit Bridgewood Farms is beginning to plan multiple long-term projects to upgrade its facilities and better serve…
    #NFL #HoustonTexans #Houston #Texans #Bridgewod #Conroe #donation #Expansion #Football #Montgomery #newfacilites #nonprofit #SpecialNeeds
    rawchili.com/nfl/763073/

  9. Bridgewood Farms plans expansions, including future housing developments

    The nonprofit Bridgewood Farms is beginning to plan multiple long-term projects to upgrade its facilities and better serve…
    #NFL #HoustonTexans #Houston #Texans #Bridgewod #Conroe #donation #Expansion #Football #Montgomery #newfacilites #nonprofit #SpecialNeeds
    rawchili.com/nfl/763073/

  10. CW: UK schools: John Harris on threats to special educational needs provisions (SEND)

    Excellent (if sobering) piece by the Guardian's John Harris on the forthcoming legislation on the reform of SEND provision for children with special educational needs (in England).

    Signs are that behind all the big nice words, Keir Starmer's Labour ultimately wants to cut costs, weaken state or school accountability, and remove parental agency.

    This debate deserves our attention. If you are in the UK (in England, specifically), write to your MP and tell them to speak up!

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #JohnHarris #UKeducation #SEND #SpecialNeeds #UKpol

  11. UK Chancellor Faces Scrutiny Over Public Finances and Rising SEND Costs

    newsletter.tf/uk-money-special

    UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is facing questions about the country's money and rising costs for special needs services.

    #UKFinance, #SpecialNeeds, #RachelReeves, #PublicSpending, #Economy

  12. UK Chancellor Faces Questions on Money and Help for Kids with Special Needs

    The UK's finance minister, Rachel Reeves, is talking about the country's money. There are worries about how much is spent on helping children with special needs. She will share her plans soon.

    newsletter.tf/uk-money-special

    #UKFinance, #SpecialNeeds, #RachelReeves, #PublicSpending, #Economy

  13. Sometime soon - I'd like to openly discuss where the #safety line is drawn for other students, staff & educational volunteers when kid on kid violence happens & one of the kids is #ASD #SpecialNeeds. I haven't been able to figure this out. How can we keep kids like this in schools because we need to find ways to do that. Kicking them out doesn't help society, in the long run.

    I support trying our best to help misunderstood ASD kids & helping them get more supports at younger ages. Many don't get enough supports.
    I have tolerated a lot of physical abuses (being spat on, punched, kicked, getting scratched & hair pulled, etc.) because many #descalation methods didn't work on the job. I worked in an elementary school in North Saanich as a specialized teacher's assistant & all the students I worked with were ASD on varying levels.

    We had 2 quiet therapy rooms. Those were the only safe sanctuaries for the ASD kids who felt overloaded & needed to be away from everyone else. Often, we had multiple kids having meltdowns & there wasn't any other sanctuary spots for them within the small school. I felt so helpless during those days but pretended everything was A-OK. I took kids out to the yard & to the gardens to try & distract them. Sometimes that worked. Other times, I had to deal with multiple screaming kids, having mass meltdowns at the same time - when we were constantly understaffed. That was a very difficult job. I was severely underpaid for it.

    ASD kids needed more support staff in schools & they still do. They all deserve that investment from our government. They are all worth the investment.

    #BCpoli #PublicSchools #AutismSpectrum #NeurodivergentKids #SupportASDStudents #FundingNeeded #Education #SchoolStaff #SchoolVolunteers #SolutionsNeeded #ADD #FAS #AutisticKids #EducationalSupport

  14. @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social reacts to the LATEST slew of illegal #kidnappings and actions of Trumps masked gestapo goons tackling an #AUTISTIC, #SPECIALNEEDS, #NONVERBAL BOY in the street for no reason, why aren't these cowards attacking the ACTUAL criminals?! youtu.be/6eVQ2of5PwM?...

    WATCH: ICE ASSAULTS NON-VERBAL...

  15. #til⁩ an overlooked ⁨#zettlelkasten⁩ educator.
    youtu.be/gQqrIxdDWWk⁩
    She clearly has years of experience ⁨#teaching⁩ and is the most concrete and methodical of the content creators on ⁨#knowledgerepresentation

    Reposting for folks in #HomeSchooling , #specialneeds and #adhd followers.

  16. #til⁩ an overlooked ⁨#zettlelkasten⁩ educator.
    youtu.be/gQqrIxdDWWk⁩
    She clearly has years of experience ⁨#teaching⁩ and is the most concrete and methodical of the content creators on ⁨#knowledgerepresentation

    Reposting for folks in #HomeSchooling , #specialneeds and #adhd followers.

  17. ⁩ an overlooked ⁨⁩ educator.
    youtu.be/gQqrIxdDWWk⁩
    She clearly has years of experience ⁨⁩ and is the most concrete and methodical of the content creators on ⁨

    Reposting for folks in , and followers.

  18. #til⁩ an overlooked ⁨#zettlelkasten⁩ educator.
    youtu.be/gQqrIxdDWWk⁩
    She clearly has years of experience ⁨#teaching⁩ and is the most concrete and methodical of the content creators on ⁨#knowledgerepresentation

    Reposting for folks in #HomeSchooling , #specialneeds and #adhd followers.

  19. #til⁩ an overlooked ⁨#zettlelkasten⁩ educator.
    youtu.be/gQqrIxdDWWk⁩
    She clearly has years of experience ⁨#teaching⁩ and is the most concrete and methodical of the content creators on ⁨#knowledgerepresentation

    Reposting for folks in #HomeSchooling , #specialneeds and #adhd followers.

  20. @ozeng
    That was my privileged choice. 👍

    Nothing I can do about #NBN , #Optus, #Immi, Education Directorate failing to enforce policy or make #ReasonableAdjustments for #SpecialNeeds students, next to nothing I can do about mistreatment in #AgedCare, getting #CleanAir in workplaces, (the list goes on)

    But having to jump through hoops for the pleasure of trying to find barcodes to scan - at last, something I can can.

    youtube.com/watch?v=7SXWgC0SLC

  21. My wife's team received a really cool shout-out by a parent who has a child with atypical needs in the school system:

    southseattleemerald.com/2023/0

    Super proud of her and all of the self less people who do so much to support the children that need the most help.

  22. @Animystic The other point to keep in mind is that #FAPE and an #IEP do not guarantee that kids will learn and make progress in their #education in a #PublicSchool. #SCOTUS weighed in and said that schools are required to do more than just the minimum for kids with #SpecialNeeds but they still fail. There's no injustice in parents wanting their kids to learn after public schools have failed them.

    sites.ed.gov/idea/questions-an

    #EdPolicy #edutooter

  23. I’m just aghast at the amount of parent blaming going on from local authorities at the moment, professionals working within these systems, in my view, have lost touch with what they are there for.
    Accountable to the money, the referral, their manager but not the child or family, who are being blamed for their failing’s.
    #send #specialneeds #EHCP #socialcare

  24. @SandyKendell @plugusin ILP is children who are identified as possibly having SEND issues and need an Individual Learning Plan in school before formal referral to see if the issue can be addressed through targeted teaching . #Send #SpecialNeeds #autistic #DevelopmentalDelay #Undiagnosed #VulnerableChildren #Speech #LearningDisability #LanguageDelay #SpeechAndLanguage #SALT