Your children can’t explain their difficulties in a school setting so they will instead say things like “I don’t like the teacher” or “I just can’t do it”. “The teacher is mean to me” and “kids are mean to me”!
Written by Sam Ryan When you become a parent, you dream about the path that stretches out in front of you – a future filled with bedtime stories, unicorns and dinosaurs, snuggling under the covers on a Sunday morning with your little one, walks in the park and watching them run and play amongst the other...
As I look outside my window this morning, the wind is howling, creating chaos beyond the safety of my home. My garden is strewn with leaves and branches that have fallen from the large trees that surround us, some of which shocked me as they struck our windows with a frightening bang. But, if I look...
Here’s the thing about being the parent of a SENbetweener: it’s a mix of heart-swelling pride and gut-wrenching worry. One moment, you’re marvelling at your child’s ability to outthink adults. The next, you’re trying to convince him that brushing his teeth isn’t an elaborate scheme to ruin his day.
We are SEN Parent Support Group, and while we help you advocate fiercely for your children, we are also here to support you. Today, I want to acknowledge the toll this relentless battle for support can take on parents and carers. If you’re constantly in “battle mode”—fighting for assessments, diagnoses, SEN support, EHCPs, mediation, tribunals, and more—while...
As the school year draws to an end, we want to recognise YOU and everything YOU do to support your children. You may be breathing a sigh of relief at the upcoming respite from thinking about school. You may be dreading the school holidays – your child has become weary at school and the repercussions of...
To every SEN parent and carer out there: today is a reminder of the incredible resilience and strength you embody each and every day. Today, let’s celebrate the strength, love, and resilience it takes to walk this path. Every day, you’re not just a parent – you’re an advocate, a teacher, a friend and a source of endless patience. You...
Whether you are trying to get that long awaited assessment for diagnosis, you are seeking mental health support for your CYP or you are fighting for that elusive EHCP, you may feel that you are being blocked at every turn. How many times have you thought ‘It should not be this hard!’? You are absolutely right...
We hear you. Every day, we listen to your world - the things you say, and the things you don’t. We are on alert, listening and attuned trying to anticipate and respond. We know you; we see you and we hear you sweet child. We know the seams in your socks are unbearable. They feel like...
Do you still remember that first day of school for your little one? You dressed them up, ready to embark on their school journey, forced them to stand and smile for pictures. You may have joined the legions of other proud parents and posted on Facebook to memorialise that first day of school to look back...
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