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SEND Sports Day Ideas
Sports day should be a celebration, but for so many neurodivergent or disabled learners, it ends up being a sensory nightmare or an overwhelming, exclusionary experience. Whether you're in a...
SEND Sports Day Ideas
Sports day should be a celebration, but for so many neurodivergent or disabled learners, it ends up being a sensory nightmare or an overwhelming, exclusionary experience. Whether you're in a...
What to Say When You’re Challenged About the Co...
A few people have messaged me recently after being questioned during learning walks or school visits about their use of the Core Word Programme—especially when they’ve said phonics isn’t appropriate...
What to Say When You’re Challenged About the Co...
A few people have messaged me recently after being questioned during learning walks or school visits about their use of the Core Word Programme—especially when they’ve said phonics isn’t appropriate...
How to Teach AAC
AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) is more than just a device or symbol board. It’s a lifeline to independence, self-expression, relationships and learning — especially for autistic, disabled, or minimally...
How to Teach AAC
AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) is more than just a device or symbol board. It’s a lifeline to independence, self-expression, relationships and learning — especially for autistic, disabled, or minimally...
Why Letting Learners Choose Matters
For many of our learners—especially those who are minimally speaking, use AAC, or process the world differently—being able to make choices is one of the most powerful ways we can...
Why Letting Learners Choose Matters
For many of our learners—especially those who are minimally speaking, use AAC, or process the world differently—being able to make choices is one of the most powerful ways we can...
Why I use the term “Person Appropriate”
In SEND education, we often hear the term “age appropriate” thrown around—especially in mainstream settings and formal observations. But for disabled and neurodivergent learners, “age appropriate” can often feel more...
Why I use the term “Person Appropriate”
In SEND education, we often hear the term “age appropriate” thrown around—especially in mainstream settings and formal observations. But for disabled and neurodivergent learners, “age appropriate” can often feel more...
Assessing Engagement
Why Engagement, Not Compliance, Is the Key to Progress If you work in a SEND classroom or support a neurodivergent child at home, chances are you’ve seen it: the student...
Assessing Engagement
Why Engagement, Not Compliance, Is the Key to Progress If you work in a SEND classroom or support a neurodivergent child at home, chances are you’ve seen it: the student...