Articles for Tag "choosing sen schools provision"
SEN Survey Response - Are Good SEN Schools Great For All?
We asked:
‘Is a school that does well for children with SEN likely to be good for other children too?’
The Great British Public said...
Yes:
'Such a school will be expert at knowing children as individuals and making the most of their potential ... It shows a school is prepared to rise to a challenge and see potential.'
And No:
'Having SEN kids around disrupts my child’s education.'
Educational Psychology is the art of diagnosing the reasons for a child's behaviour or learning difficulties.
A good educational psychologist will spend time getting to know your...
'When my child was diagnosed with physical difficulties I was told he'd need to see either a physiotherapist (PT) or an occupational therapist (OT). The referral came through...
'Recently...the SEN governor on our board has helped the SENCo produce the self-evaluation form'
If you want someone to talk to about what is going on in a school or about how...
'Martin was often very angry, and felt that he did not fit in. Through improvising with the music therapist, he was able to express and share some of his feelings in a constructive...
The orthoptist - helping your child see differently...
'Coloured lenses - cure or craze?'
Orthoptists are specially trained in how the eyes work as a pair, how the eyes are...
'Parents are sometimes flummoxed about what an occupational therapist does. 'Occupational' doesn't explain itself as readily as 'speech and language' or 'physio', and it may conjure...
'Many parents talk about a 'halo' effect from treatment'
Most people are aware that physiotherapy helps children to improve their muscle tone, core stability, balance, posture...
'There were indeed extenuating circumstances, but this did not appease an irate mother who had to listen to the staff's uninformed opinions on her daughter's abilities!'
A...
The SEN system may be in a state of flux but don't let bureaucracy prevent you seeking help for your child.
It's thought that approximately 20 per cent of children have special needs...
The child with specific learning difficulties can be hard to spot. Often, intelligent and articulate it is their own sense of frustration that is frequently the first clue.
'Specific...
Formalising classroom help and target setting
What is an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and what will it mean for a child and their parents if an IEP is suggested?
An...
Often, the first a parent hears of his or her child not coping as well as expected is when the teacher suggests placing the child on the special needs register. This can cause great...
If your child needs extra or different help, such as teaching in a different way, different learning materials, extra help individually or in a small group, specialist equipment,...
Children with SPD find it more difficult to extract the central meaning or the saliency of an event. They tend to focus on detail instead, for example:
they may, find the...
Educational support such as special help from a trained teacher outside the child’s class plus extra help within the class can enable a child to remain in mainstream school.
Sometimes...
Behavioural emotional and social difficulties (BESD) describes a wide range of conditions including: withdrawn, depressive or suicidal attitudes; an obsessive preoccupation...
Obsessional, aggressive, defiant the characteristics of a typical teenager, or cause for concern and alarm?
How do you spot the difference between a child who is 'pushing the boundaries'...
The abilities of children with Down’s syndrome vary enormously, but most tend to be within the mild to moderate learning disability range.
Parents of children with...
Fragile X is the second most commonly occurring inherited condition after Down’s syndrome. Children with Fragile X may be developmentally delayed and experience learning...
Whilst there is variability in the severity of the disorder, most people with Rett syndrome are profoundly and multiply disabled with high dependency needs throughout life.
Initial...
Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes are rare genetic conditions both caused by irregularities in chromosome 15. They aren’t diseases, but are neurological disorders which can...
Reading, writing, spelling difficulties - could the problems your child is facing be indicative of dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a common difficulty, but that does not make it less of a...
Is your child's room a nightmare? Are you always buying band-aid? Do you have trouble deciphering what they have written? Dyspraxic children may be more likely to fall or trip...
Non-specific learning difficulties overview
When children have learning difficulties that are more generalised and don’t relate to a specific neural problem or immaturity, they...
Children with Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD) are likely to find it difficult to understand, learn and remember new skills.
As a result they will have problems with both...
The number of schools that exist specifically for children with visual impairment has fallen significantly in recent years, and those that remain are educating pupils with...
Children with a hearing impairment range from those with a mild hearing loss to those who are profoundly deaf.
Some pass the hearing screen tests in school, but...
Is your child easily distracted? Do they find noisy environments upsetting? Is reading, writing and spelling a problem? Do they find it hard to follow conversations? Could they...
When a child is noticeably behind their peers in acquiring speech and/or language skills, communication is considered delayed. Sometimes a child will have greater receptive...
The term selective (or elective) mutism describes the behaviour of children who are able to speak, but remain silent with certain people or in certain settings; they are often misunderstood...
As a result of muscle weakness and spasticity, a child with cerebral palsy will often appear clumsy when walking, talking, using their hands or carrying out everyday tasks and activities...
How do you decide what type of school or level of SEN provision is right for your child?
As mainstream schools cater for an ever increasing range of special educational needs (SEN)...
Under the Disability Discrimination Act, appropriate help must be provided by schools and colleges so that children with special educational needs are ‘on a level playing...
Many of the greatest thinkers and creators of our time were neuro-diverse: Albert Einstein, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Winston Churchill and Jamie Oliver to name just a few!
Neuro-diverse...
An alarming and unacceptable 14% of children are not meeting reading expectations.
That's more than more than 4 per typical primary school class. In 2008 only 86% of children attained...
'The ultimate aim is for a child to be as independent as possible...
...Everything is so positive even if learning is slow and limited every child benefits from intensive...
Schools for the teaching of children with dyslexia
If your child is in need of specialist help for dyslexia, and possibly other associated difficulties such as dyscalculia...
SENs and their associated problems are as wide-ranging and individual as the child. If you decide to visit a school, allow at least half a day, longer if your child will be boarding...
The special school v mainstream school debate can be traced back to the Warnock Report of 1978. It coined the phrase special educational needs (SEN) and suggested 20%...
'There is many a dyslexic father who lies to his children about why he won't read them a bedtime story'
At its best, counselling has helped alleviate misery and confusion in pretty...
'A good learning support assistant will offer the tools to help the child to succeed.'
A good assistant won't be a barrier to the child working with other children, and all good...
An average placement in an independent special school is likely to be twice as expensive as that in a maintained school.
But does more expensive equal better?
What...
Ultimately what matters, is getting the most appropriate type of schooling at the right time and having a choice available.
We highlight the features that make a school good for SEN...
If your child has a statement of SEN and you live in England, you can, on part 4 of the statement name the school you wish your child to attend. It can be a mainstream...
When a child has known special needs, interview and assessment are the norm.
This is to make sure school and child are a good match, and to consider any further...
Find a School...
Education News Feeds
Latest Education News from around the web.
- Are parents to blame if kids view pornography?
- Governments pose greatest threat to internet, says Google's Eric Schmidt
- Google funds computer teaching
- What's the point of social mobility? It still leaves some in the gutter | Zoe Williams
- Call for school speaking lessons
- The evolving role of university HR managers
The Good Schools Guide is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
