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…
I am very aware that this can be a difficult day for many and, if this is you, my thoughts are with you . My son has just given his dad the card and presents, wished him a Happy Father’s Day and then they both went off to do their own thing. This interaction is never quite…
I first learnt about pathological demand avoidance when my son was 7. At that time, I was struggling with his behaviour. For his dad, his grandparents, at school and with pretty much anyone else, he was mostly compliant, well behaved and ‘toed the line’. For me, he would push every boundary. Of course, I heard many…
Dear Child 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…
INTRO FROM SAM I have previously shared insights into my personal journey since my son hit burnout. It has been heart-breaking, frustrating and exhausting, not unfamiliar to many of you. There have been several times this year where my partner and I have had strongly opposing views on how we should parent and support our son.…
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…
As I sit here, 1,191 miles away from my son, I am filled with a sense of peace and gratitude. Before I came, I felt an immense and crushing guilt about leaving him. He has been anxious about me going, begging me to stay with him. I am choosing in this moment not to let that…
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