C.E. Jottings

Preparing for Adulthood - 3 webinars to view

Happy to share links to three webinars as posted on Facebook by "Preparing for Adulthood": "There are three to choose from: 1. Developing person-centred approaches in schools with support for young people webinar http://youtu.be/piSDl6zZoYE 2. Best practice in supporting young people and their families to plan for the future webinar http://youtu.be/loWa5kArjnI 3. Moving into adulthood with paid employment webinarhttp://youtu.be/rnOmYd_Z8G4 Read more →

SEN Reform. Seminars. Sheffield. September 18th and 25th. Be prepared.

"I urge all of you to start preparing now." So said Children's Minister, Edward Timpson, speaking on 4th July 2013 to the Association of Directors of Children's Services. Paces is holding two seminars in preparation for the "biggest reforms in 30 years to help disabled children and those with special educational needs". Seminar 1 on 18th September 2013 is especially for parents and carers and parent/carer organisations Seminar 2 on 25th September 2013 is mainly for anyone working in health,... Read more →

Childhood Neurodisability Research priority setting - Make suggestions for research - Survey open!

I'm going to quote this at length and hope that in the interests of spreading the word, the British Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD) is OK with that. The search is on for the top 10 ideas to establish childhood neurodisability priorities. BACD is asking for suggestions via a survey. You can take part online or by completing a questionnaire that can be emailed or posted to BACD. Here it is: Aims and objectives The aim of the Childhood Disability... Read more →

3 stories about public money - and a learning disabilities worry

Three stories in the news, a reflection prompted this morning by reading an article in The Guardian by Ian Birrell, former Deputy Editor of The Independent. There are calls for taking the railways back into public ownership. On Facebook recently, a petition was being circulated.Ian Birrell, noting that "one former rail boss" says that privatisation was "half-hearted and half-baked" opposes the idea. In South Yorkshire, the public sector Digital Region Project finally hits the buffers at a projected cost (ie... Read more →

Who is Elizabeth Eyre? And why should parents of disabled children be concerned?

Elizabeth Eyre is, factually, an elected councillor, of Worcestershire County Council. Elizabeth Eyre is Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Children and Families. She first drifted into my social networking eye-line in a post by Mark Neary on his blog "Love, Belief and Balls" about a fine example of"carespeak" to add to his collection. Amused by the nonsense, I posted a link, as a Comment, on Andrew Sutton's blog, who has an eye for these things, too Explaining Worecesterhsire Councty Council's... Read more →

"I urge all of you to start preparing now." SEN Reform. Seminars. Sheffield. September

"I urge all of you to start preparing now." So said Children's Minister, Edward Timpson, speaking on 4th July 2013 to the Association of Directors of Children's Services. Are you ready for the "biggest reforms in 30 years to help disabled children and those with special educational needs". Or like most of us, are you still in the dark? > What do you know about the Children and Families Bill now before Parliament? > What has been learned from the... Read more →