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Did you know we have a page on our site where SEND legal questions have been answered by the expert team at IPSEA, and a range of open access SEND-related research can be found? Check it out here: specialneedsjungle.com/send-law-resea…

.National Star & Together Trust research highlights barriers young people with disabilities face in transitioning to adulthood. Help support their movement and make a positive impact by signing up to receive the report today here: bit.ly/4jbWoYk #Ad #SEND

On SNJ Today: Catriona Moore writes of the empty spaces & unwanted freedom from days structured by caring for her beloved daughter Amy, who recently died, age 17. She celebrates Amy's brilliance at thriving in life despite her #RareDisease #RettSyndrome: specialneedsjungle.com/empty-spaces-u…

NEW POST: Thomas Keaney Founder NASEN SEND Leader 🇮🇪 of The Complete Education Solution alternative provision, explains how their schools manage zero exclusions: “We never give up.” #exclusion specialneedsjungle.com/alternative-pr…

What excluded children think about their alternative provision education, & why it matters: "Many AP students are acutely aware of the stigma. One said boys from his previous school saw him “as a freak” and that AP is “for the stupid kids”. theconversation.com/what-excluded-…

On SNJ Today: "..Exclusion doesn't solve behavioural issues or support emotional development—just the opposite." Thomas Keaney Founder NASEN SEND Leader 🇮🇪 The Complete Education Solution schools, explains how their Alternative Provision schools never give up on a child—and never #exclude: specialneedsjungle.com/alternative-pr…

Essex mental health failures in death of Southminster teen Elise Sebastian. Another autistic young person and her family failed by mental health services. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Pupils eligible for free school meals are around twice as likely to receive SEN support or have EHCPs as other pupils. However, over the last 8 years, the proportion of pupils with SEND has increased faster for pupils not eligible for free school meals: health.org.uk/evidence-hub/e…

An interesting question from Alison Bloomer Learning Disability Today: Should learning disabilities be separated from autism in healthcare policy? Read the article, then tell us your thoughts... learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/debate/is-it-t…

This Nice guidance is something you should be aware of if you have a disabled child/young people aged up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care and education nice.org.uk/guidance/ng213

This is outrageous (as is this whole policy) Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP carer's allowance rules by £1.92 a week theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

A new toolkit designed to help organisations support disabled and/or neurodivergent staff to work from home has been produced by a Coventry University researcher, Dr Christine Grant. Find the e-work-life Toolkit ework-life.com/toolkit

Most school leaders 'struggling' to support SEND pupils “We have children who would benefit from specialist provision…but the LA will not state this until the placement with us ‘fails’ and we can’t meet need and the child is in distress,”tes.com/magazine/news/…

NEW GIVEAWAY: #SEND expert and parent, InclusionHT writes about her new book: Be An Ally, Not a Bystander: A Call to Action for Educators. She’s offering two copies in our giveaway! specialneedsjungle.com/ally-not-bysta…

Public Health England has updated its guidance about oral care and people with learning disabilities. gov.uk/government/pub…

ENTER OUR NEW GIVEAWAY! An essential read from SEND expert and parent, InclusionHT Be An Ally, Not a Bystander: A Call to Action for Educators. She’s offering two copies in our giveaway! specialneedsjungle.com/ally-not-bysta…

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The government says it aims to produce a fully costed plan to improve the SEND system by April 2026, a plan for with LA SEND debt this summer & to set out what inclusive schools should be like by the end of 2025. We'll be looking at this more closely tes.com/magazine/news/…

NEW POST: Tania Tirraoro FRSA - Special Needs Jungle writes about Department for Education 's word salad response to a critical Public Accounts Committee report shows a distinct lack of urgency in fixing #SEND — despite more rumours of an imminent plan specialneedsjungle.com/dfes-response-…

On SNJ Today: Tania Tirraoro FRSA - Special Needs Jungle wonders if it's apathy or boredom that powers Department for Education 's word salad response to a critical Public Accounts Committee report —and is there a new #SEND plan or isn't there? specialneedsjungle.com/dfes-response-… if it's