C.E. Jottings

More urgent than Xmas! Anyone know an Independent Educational Psychologist, Conductive Education

This from Mumsnet. Can you help? "Hi I have two children aged 3 and 5 who both have got celebral palsy. They both have just been given statements however the school I asked for the LEA has not agreed to it so we are going to tribunal. They have said they are suited to a maintream school. However I have been sending them privately funding it to a non maintained special school for conductive education in sheffield. They have been... Read more →

Special Needs Jungle, IPSEA challenge Minister on existing rights protection in SEN Reforms

"If you read IPSEA’s very thorough analysis of the proposed legislation and Code of Practice, you will find a long, and quite frightening, list of existing protections which are not mentioned in the proposed reforms". So says Special Needs Jungle - and more besides. At last week's local authorities SEN conference, Edward Timpson, Minister responsible for reforms apparently had this to say: "“Aside from promoting much greater collaboration, they (the reforms) keep existing protections in the system and extend them... Read more →

Official video - 8th World Congress of Conductive Education

Here it is, the official video of our 8th World Congress. Just click on the link. There are 2 videos, one above the other - it's the lower one you need to play. Read more →

Special Education reforms: opportunities for conductive education in the UK

Andrew Sutton left a Comment on my recent blog posting "Some SEN Statementing questions answered by Special Needs Jungle" in the form of a link to a posting on his own blog where, after leading in with a clip from Tania Tirraoro in the SNJ posting, Andrew ponders the coming "tsunami" of change, how real the change might be, what it might mean for conductive education in the UK and our readiness for it. For everyone in conductive education, Andrew... Read more →

Some SEN Statementing questions answered by Special Needs Jungle.

Best just go straight to Tania Tirraoro's post on Special Needs Jungle to read all the answers in full. Lots of good advice, too. Here are the questions, with some single word answers: Can I still apply for a statement now? Yes Is it better to wait for the new system? No Will my statemented child be moved to an EHCP right away after Sept 2014? No What’s this about a key worker and will we get one? Maybe. Will... Read more →