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Few would deny that the SEND system needs an overhaul, but only giving EHCPs to pupils in special schools isn’t the answer, says IPSEA’s @catrionamoore.bsky.social
The SEND system is in need of reform but restricting children’s access to support through EHCPs isn’t the answer, warns IPSEA’s Catriona Moore
Message to government: make the education system work for children & young people with SEND - but don't take away their legal rights to support. Our rights-based framework for disabled children is something we should be proud of, not a target for cuts. www.ipsea.org.uk/blog/defendi...
In this blog, our Policy Manager, Catriona Moore, explains why defending four decades of legal progress is essential to ensuring children and young people with SEND get an education that meets their i...
Latest from me: on the grim, terrible prospect of Labour's cuts to disability benefits, and the wider cultural moment of "overdiagnosis" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Happy to have contributed to this evisceration of another bad-faith piece of 'research' funded by local authorities desperate to be relieved of their legal duties to disabled children and young people.
NEW POST: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson tells parents their #disabled children’s “current” rights won’t be removed. But council proxies keep pushing to trash SEND legal entitlements. @tanialt.bsky.social and team have a few words www.specialneedsjungle.com/e... #SENDsky #EHCP
I wrote another thing about the whole thing.
NEW POST: Empty spaces & unwanted freedom: The end of caring. @catrionamoore.bsky.social wrote in March of the death of her daughter, Amy, who had #RettSyndrome. Today, she explains the aftermath of loss when your life has been structured around their care www.specialneedsjungle.com/e...
I couldn't be prouder of my girl.
Other lives: Music-loving teenager who was a consummate communicator, despite the restrictions imposed on her by Rett syndrome
"She proved how wonderful life can be if you are brave." I am fully undone by this beautiful piece of writing about a beautiful girl. Those of us who walk a similar path will feel every word of it.
My piece reflecting on life, love, loss and learning disabilities following the death of my daughter www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...
Powerful testimony at the Education Select Committee this morning on why and how the system for supporting children & young people with SEND isn't working. I think this session may have shone more light on "why are there so many requests for EHC plans" than anyone has ever managed before.
Tickets are available if you fancy being in the audience for this discussion. Looking forward to participating. www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtour...
Woman’s Hour hosts a special one hour programme in the iconic BBC Radio Theatre in London investigating how mothers are bridging the gaps in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) syste...
"The affirmative action of generational wealth" is such a great way of putting it
