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Careers Interview: Alison Lines, Senco at Gartree High School in Leicestershire

Monday, March 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Alison Lines has been a full-time Senco at Gartree for three years, and oversees a team of 15 learning support assistants. They work with around 150 children in the school with a range of special educational needs.

Plans to revolutionise provision of SEN receive cautious welcome

Other

Monday, March 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's minister Sarah Teather this month unveiled the government's long-awaited SEN green paper. Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs and Disability has been met with general approval.

The pills-for-problems culture is going to rehab

Opinion

Monday, February 7, 2011

| CYP Now

If you ever have a spare hour near London's Euston station, I'd recommend the Wellcome Collection.

Health visitors 'will help joint working in SEN services'

News

Thursday, February 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Newly recruited health visitors will be key to government plans to join-up services for children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, a senior civil servant has revealed.

Facilitating the Social Participation of Pupils With Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools: A Review of School Based Interventions

Research

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

This systematic review (of 35 studies) investigated school-based interventions that can facilitate the social participation of pupils with SEN in mainstream preschool and primary classrooms.

Children face postcode lottery for communication aids

News

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

| CYP Now

There is a postcode lottery in accessing electronic aids for children and young people with communication impairments, new research suggests.

Educational psychology services feel strain of budget cuts

News

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils across England have cut funding for educational psychology services by five per cent over the last three years, figures show.

Daily roundup: Education standards, domestic violence, and SEN provision

Other

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| CYP Now

UK not among world's top performing education systems, study finds; domestic violence services at "breaking point" warns charity; and confusion over new SEN funding rules, all in the news today.

Practical skills no panacea for social worker training

Other

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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Daily roundup: Out-of-work benefits, school preparedness, and legal system

Other

Monday, April 28, 2014

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New sanctions introduced for long-term unemployed; schoolchildren still wearing nappies study finds; and children to give evidence away from court through pilot study, all in the news today.

Added incentive

Other

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

More money is now available to support the educational needs of looked-after children through the Pupil Premium Plus. Joe Lepper looks at how the cash can be spent effectively.

Councils seek more free schools to meet rising SEND demand in London

News

Friday, September 8, 2017

| CYP Now

London council leaders are calling on the government to focus its free school programme on creating more school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions

Other

Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.

Government unveils plans to improve education for children with additional needs

News

Friday, March 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A new £4m fund to develop new ways to help children with additional needs move from alternative provision into mainstream education or special schools has been announced.