#SENDReview: Check out our newly updated page for everything you need to respond to the Green Paper, including the first five consultation question answer forms with our ponder points to help you get to grips with it. specialneedsjungle.com/sendreview-eve…

When people who are like-willed but not necessarily always like-minded get together joined through the values of caring/critical/collaborative/creative inquiry, true magic happens! Thank you for an evening of care, passion for humanity, openness and honesty in contributing to the

When I understood that I was autistic, I started to realise that much of what I had been taught about “autism” was wrong. The language used about autistic experience was incorrect. The autism spectrum is not linear 💜

ON SNJ: Susan Lenihan @RenataBplus3 & Tania Tirraoro FRSA - Special Needs Jungle dissect Chapter 4 of the #SENDReview #GreenPaper about Department for Education vision for #AlternativeProvision. They wonder how it’s come to this conclusion and where’s the evidence they’ve based the plans on? specialneedsjungle.com/sendreview-vis…

78% of autistic people report anxiety of speaking on the phone as the biggest barrier to accessing primary care - if this is the only way to access this service, it becomes inaccessible to the autistic population #agnhealthdata

Looking back over the last 40 years of my life, I realise now that much of what I love most, much of what brings me comfort and helps me to feel like me, is actually part of autistic culture 💜 I was so loudly autistic growing up, I just didn’t recognise the sound 💜

NEW POST: How can the #SENDReview implement new changes to the SEND system while avoiding the mistakes of the last reforms? Matt Keer takes his usual sardonic look at the proposals specialneedsjungle.com/send-review-im…

Best autism training for NT? Speak to autistics and their families. If you want to know what reasonable adjustment to make, ask the child and parent. That’s evidence informed. #inclusion #reasonableadjustment #autism #ADHD #neurodiversity

#SENDReview Just published ( FINALLY) With an extension to the consultation of 21 days: British sign language & easy-read formats, as well as a guide to the SEND review for children and young people. gov.uk/government/con…

Everything you need to respond to the #SENDReview Green Paper: Easy explanations, points to ponder & forms to answer single questions, specialneedsjungle.com/sendreview

#followfriday our team and a few of our writers Tania Tirraoro FRSA - Special Needs Jungle @RenataBplus3 Matthew Keer Catriona Moore Susan Lenihan @WhatsTheBige Mala Thapar Hayley Mason-Seager Hayley at Downs Side Up

Zero tolerance for children while simultaneously accepting Party-gate?Children need better examples, stop promoting the worst. Holding children to higher standards than leaders! #doublestandards #leadership #Partygate #autism #adhd #schoolexclusion #alternativeprovision

Not hard to see why SEND provision is in crisis…most classes can’t afford glue sticks and paper. Universally designed learning is under resourced, ergo…#iniversallydesignedlearning #inclusion #SENDTwitter #edutwitter

New Ofsted approach? Inspect, take months to collate report, have a chat about report with HT, allow time to remedy aspects, publish report with praise for steps already taken. #accountability #educationsystem

NEW POST: If you didn't catch our fantastic webinar about the legal implications of the #SENDReview Green Paper, you can watch the recording that we've now prepared: specialneedsjungle.com/legal-implicat…

1/4 I am HT of a secondary school. Our relationships and behaviour policy is shaped by the idea that all behaviour is communication, ‘misbehaviour’ communicates an unmet need *and* relationships come first - they aren’t an endpoint. These precepts are based on research,

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To qoute the @ADHDFoundation...'We are disappointed that BBC Panorama has opted to broadcast a poorly researched, sensationalist piece of television journalism...ignoring the broader context, including why there has been a rapid growth in private providers.'#BBCpanorama

Thank you to The Link Centre ..insightful, thought provoking and validating exploration of Autism; misdiagnosis and stigma. I will be rebooking for part 2!