Mum of two with SEND. Still fighting the system. Self taught. No better researcher than a parent of SEND. #Nevergiveup. #SEND #ASD #ADHD #Dyspraxia
London, England
Joined December 2019
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To make meaningful shifts in interpersonal relationships, #Senco's #HeadTeachers #Teachers #TeachingAssistants must understand how their behaviors contribute to or detract from #inclusion and then adopt easy, concrete ways to act differently.
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Pupils punished for scoring below 90% in maths bbc.in/40U22Gp
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Right now, there are two mental health crises within our education system. They're adversely affecting huge numbers of people in our school communities. Both should be taken very seriously. But they're seldom talked about together.
It's time to talk about them together.
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It’s the end of #ADHDAwarenessMonth and in true ADHD fashion, I’ve put off writing this the whole month. 🧵
The diagnostic criteria for ADHD is centred around hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention (though it’s more an inability to regulate our attention).
There is SO MUCH MORE to ADHD than those three words, like...
• Emotional dysregulation
• Poor working memory
• Difficulty with organisation
• Risk taking behaviours
• Our brains just never shutting off!
ALT A spider diagram with the title ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the centre. The spirals read: being easily distracted or daydreaming, forgetfulness and easily losing things, difficulty concentrating or focusing (unless very interested), difficulty with organisation, feeling restless, fidgety and struggling to sit still, talking a lot or being very loud, emotional dysregulation and sensitivity and avoiding tasks which require a lot of effort.
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🌟Were you aware that this week is?🌟
#InvisibleDisabilitiesWeek2024 👇
Let’s celebrate it together, let’s get the message out there!
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2 years talking about Working Together to Improve Non Attendance and why it’s going wrong, increasing adversity, vulnerability, disadvantage, discrimination.
3 years meeting with @educationgovuk, parliamentarians, 3rd sector, presenting our solutions & details on why systems aren’t working.
5 years meeting cross-sector power players & influencers to raise non-attendance as an unseen area of priority.
8 years working strategically as expert by experience specialising in persistent and severe absence.
10 years supporting 2 kids who found 100% attendance impossible.
13 years experiencing education, health and children’s services discovering just how badly the systems fail & harm families.
And then there’s articles like this from @tes demonstrating why, unless you listen to and INCLUDE us in the development of what happens next, the most vulnerable will continue to be harmed and Government/Departments will continue to fail settings/services pitting them against families and children.
@bphillipsonMP @StephenMorganMP @CMcKinnellMP @helenhayes_ @NotFineinSchool @ASCL_UK @NAHTnews @CoopParty @SEC_Tweets @ncbtweets @CYPMentalHealth @CfYoungLives @CentreforMH @publiclawcentre @TransformJust1 @AdoptionUK @Place2Be @Fededucation @EdPolAlliance @realdcameron @RealGeoffBarton @pepediiasio @ITLWorldwide
We need an Attendance Code of Practice, MH Registration Code, end criminalising families. We need to co-operatively Work Together to develop the detail of solutions, democratically listening to those who’ve been failed and can tell you what the exits & how to implement effective change.
tes.com/magazine/news/genera…
teamsquarepeg.co.uk/changema…
teamsquarepeg.co.uk/3asks
teamsquarepeg.co.uk/12-recom…
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Cruel and negative comments can affect somebody’s life and their state of mind; everyone has an opinion, but, one thing we should agree on is that it’s always best to be kind.
#BeKind
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How much more patient do we need to be? “Education secretary urges 'patience' on SEND reforms—adds she is looking at how to help mainstream schools run their own SEND provision.” (We thought they already had to—inclusion??)
schoolsweek.co.uk/phillipson…
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If you feel like giving up, please remember the reason why you held on for so long. It may take bravery for you to talk and to ask for help, but please do it. Please hold on and you will make it through.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay #WSPD
#SuicidePrevention #WSPD24
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“Natalie Games, one of the tutors helping students to resit exams and find employment, says: "A lot of our students don’t have faith in themselves, a lot of our students will come from school broken.
"A lot of the time, we have really challenging situations with the students in the beginning but, hopefully, most of our students go on to do themselves proud and do us proud as well."”
This article talks about young people who failed at school finding another path. I hear this type of story a lot from those who work in colleges, alternative provision or in youth work.
Wouldn’t it be more efficient if we worked out how to educate our teenagers to avoid a significant proportion finishing school ‘broken’?
Isn’t it possible to create a system which does not involve so many of them finishing school thinking of themselves as failures?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdp…
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So… it’s all good news on the reforming of the Mental Health Act! But what does that actually mean for people with mental health problems? 🤔 Gemma takes us through 📑 #KingsSpeech
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