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Local Authority Fined for Not Delivering SEND Education Provision
26th March 2025, Slough Council were fined £11,750 in compensation for failing to deliver suitable education provision for a boy with...
Tamara King
Mar 272 min read
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Appealing to the SEND Tribunal
If you disagree with a decision your Local Authority has made regarding your child, you can make an Appeal to the Special Education Needs...
Tamara King
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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Mental Health & Wellbeing in Schools
Reading the news last week ‘Mental health: One in four young woman struggling’ (BBC News, 22 Nov 2018) about young woman struggling with...
Tamara King
Nov 25, 20184 min read
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Does My Child Need a Specialist School?
If you’re anything like me, you’ll be thinking surely my child doesn’t need a specialist school? Yes, he has high functioning autism...
Tamara King
Sep 18, 20185 min read
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The Power of Animals and Mental Health
I bumped into an old friend whilst I was dog walking last week. She shared with me the story of how her teenage daughter was suffering...
Tamara King
Jun 25, 20184 min read
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What I’ve learnt about Warhammer from my autistic son.
Have you heard of Warhammer? I tell everyone it’s a bit like Dungeons and Dragons. I noticed several independent schools offer it as a...
Tamara King
Apr 20, 20184 min read
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Mindfulness in Specialist Schools: a fad or good practice?
I remember as a child lying on the dusty mat in the gymnasium at my girl's school in Sussex. We would lie there, in silence, with our...
Tamara King
Apr 10, 20183 min read
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Top 10 Tips for SEN School Search
First and foremost, does your child’s current school meet their needs? If not, why not? Try to document what is working well for your...
Tamara King
Apr 8, 20183 min read
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New Measures to Support Children with SEND gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-support-children-with-send A range of new measures are being launched to support...
Tamara King
Mar 29, 20181 min read
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Inclusion Summit
On the 19th April I am looking forward to attending the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Inclusion Summit for young people with...
Tamara King
Mar 24, 20181 min read
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Autism & Learning Disabilities
On a snowy cold Saturday morning in March I attended Yvonne Newbold's and Mark Brown's workshop in Waterloo on overcoming the challenge...
Tamara King
Mar 20, 20181 min read
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PDA Training for Parents
As a newbie to the term 'pathological demand avoidance' (PDA) which my son was recently diagnosed with, I thought it prudent to attend...
Tamara King
Oct 20, 20171 min read
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SEN Support & Advice
Relocating back to the UK and starting to navigate the EHC application process, I enlisted the help of and EHCP Consultant, an expert in...
Tamara King
Jun 28, 20171 min read
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