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A pre-SEND Review webinar was held on 7th March with the Minister for Children and Families, Will Quince.

The Autistic Girls Network have produced a new paper looking at the different presentation of autism that females who have yet to be diagnosed may exhibit and the support they may need.

School attendance best practice webinars are now underway. This series focuses on how a range of schools across the country have maintained or improved their attendance levels, and the approaches they have taken.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has released its study ‘Agreeing to disagree? Research into arrangements for avoiding disagreements and resolving disputes in the SEND system in England’.

The National Children’s Bureau have been a strong advocate for youth voice. They currently host FLARE, the Department for Education’s national young SEND advisory group.

World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on 21st March and MENCAP want you to ‘Rock your socks!’ by wearing odd socks to raise funds to support people with a learning disability.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.

Vicci Wells from the Youth Sport Trust examines how the Winter Paralympics, and a new, nationwide initiative, can engage more young people in sport. The following article is taken from March 2022 issue of nasen Connect.

The House of Lords has passed an amendment to the Health and Care Bill that would see learning disability and autism training made mandatory by law for nurses and other healthcare staff in England.

14-year-old Marcus Wilton, youth speaker, mentor and advocate for equitable education was invited to meet Minister Will Quince this week.

Changing Places UK have been campaigning since 2005 to have Changing Places toilets installed in all big public spaces so peoples can access their community.

This briefing draws on inspection evidence gathered in the spring 2022 term and discussions with early years inspectors about the ongoing implications of the pandemic on children.

ACAMH are delighted to have teamed up with the Chartered College of Teaching to present a FREE online training series, ‘Pedagogy in practice’, exclusively for teachers and school leaders, and Chartered College of Teaching Members.

nasen has today welcomed the release of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Review: Right Support, Right Place, Right Time – the government’s SEND and alternative provision (AP) green paper.

Read on for our official response.

The Government has today released the Schools’ White Paper – the policy document that sets out proposed future legislation.

Please read on for our official response.

The statistics from Local Area SEND reviews, which have just been published, make for disheartening reading. Since 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have carried out joint inspections of SEND arrangements in 116 of 151 local areas in England.

nasen have announced a new partnership with The LEGO Foundation, helping to deliver the new $20million Play For All Accelerator grant fund. 

Autism Acceptance Month may be coming to a close but we believe learning should take place all year round. For the next two weeks we are providing FREE access to selected resources to help deepen understanding of autism.

A new report has retrospectively analysed the factors associated with self-harm in over 111,000 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years old across four London boroughs.

The Tes SEND Show’s national poetry competition returns for pupils in primary and secondary education to promote creative writing and conversation around SEND inclusion in the classroom.