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The All Star Advent Calendar is back for 2022 raising money for Papyrus, the suicide prevention charity, and Place2Be, the children’s mental health charity.

The Co-production Collective have released a library of co-production resources available free for all.

A new video has been produced to provide an overview of school exclusions for parents, carers and guardians focusing on how to prevent them, alternatives and what to do when they occur.

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that children in care were much more at risk of interacting with the criminal justice system by the age of 24 than their peers.

The NSPCC are looking for young people aged 13 to 16 years old to form a new Board for Change.

A House of Lord’s Committee charged with reviewing the implementation of the Children and Families Act 2014 have released their report subtitled ‘A Failure of Implementation’.

The government has released its figures on the new entrants to the teaching profession for 2022 showing they have reached only 71% of the target recruitment.

Researchers are wanting to hear about young people’s experiences of learning about relationships, sex and sexuality.

An investigation by the BBC has found that thousands of children with SEN have been waiting an unacceptable amount of time for their EHC plans to be issued.

Ofsted’s annual report has been published highlighting continuing issues within education at a system level.

Earlier this term, we published a survey asking nasen members to tell us more about provision for Speech, Language and Communication Needs in schools.

nasen and Wiley invite individuals to apply to form a new Editorial team for Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs (JORSEN), taking over from Dr David Armstrong. We welcome applications for Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor.

nasen has welcomed news of the funding allocations for local authorities for next year, which has come as part of today’s Autumn Statement, and which –for the first time in over a decade – includes an uplift in funding for specialist schools and settings.

The Children’s Commissioner has published part 2 of the independent family review entitled ‘A positive approach to parenting’.

Professor Adam Boddison, former Chief Executive of nasen, has been named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours List. Adam is currently Chief Executive of Association for Project Management (APM).

The awards entry countdown has now started and so now is the time to submit your entry for your opportunity to give your establishment the recognition it deserves.

A new inquiry by the Education Committee will investigate causes and solutions to the increasing issue of absence.

Founded and sponsored by the youth mental health charity, Beyond, the Now and Beyond festival is a whole day of online dedicated workshops for schools. The workshops are free to view once schools have registered.

Hear from specialists across the sector on a range of different topics relating to SEND and additional needs. As well as developing knowledge and awareness of different elements of SEND, there will be points for reflection and practical take aways.

Neurodiversity Celebration week takes place from the 13th to 19th March this year and there is a series of 24 events taking place across the week. All of the events are free of charge and open to all, parents, young people and professionals.