Handwriting: Challenges and Strategies
By Dan Waldron, Occupational Therapist with Communicate 2U and Selly Oak Trust School “I know what I want to say. I just can’t write it down. It’s so annoying!” This is one pupil’s reflection on...
Thinking Differently About Behaviour - By Jarlath O'Brien
By Jarlath O'Brien, A teacher in London and author of ‘Better Behaviour – a guide for teachers’, published by SAGE. For a long time I have thought of negative behaviour as the indicator of an...
A sense of school belonging: Why it’s important and 5 golden rules for teachers - By Dr Tim Cockerill
By Dr Tim Cockerill, Senior Educational Psychologist There are many ideas and concepts from psychology that have become a part of common language over the years because of how important they are on a daily...
Concentration skills: Supporting Children and Young People with Attention and Listening Difficulties
Children and young people develop attention and listening skills at different times and some children require explicit teaching as they cannot learn them automatically. Whether the child has identified or unidentified needs causing them to...
The ‘fight’ for inclusion: the mainstream school experiences of autistic children and their families
By Jo Billington, Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Autism Background According to the Department for Education, 72% of autistic children in the English state school system are educated in mainstream schools. Of these children, two-thirds are...
#SenExchange Weekly SEND discussion - By Cherryl Drabble @Cherrylkd
Mary and I started #SENexchange in 2015 as we thought there was a need for a discussion around children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Our discussions take place on Wednesday evenings between...