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nasen is inviting expressions of interest from schools in England to take part in the Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn Pilot, announced yesterday by the Department for Education. 

Saturday 3rd December is International Day of Persons with Disabilities celebrated every year to bring about awareness of the importance of equality for people with disabilities in all areas of society.

Following consultation the new Area SEND Inspection Framework and Handbook have been published by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission.

A survey carried out by Education Support shows that a record number of teachers and education staff have cited mental health issues as a reason for considering leaving the profession

Our November edition includes articles on the importance of motivation for developing reading skills, why relationships and sex education needs to be prioritised for pupils with SEND and Zoe Mather takes a look at the latest SEND data from DfE.

UAE called upon nasen to conduct a short, deep-dive training needs assessment of the country’s SEND provision, conducted through literature and data scoping, surveys, focus groups, interviews and school observations.

A new set of resources has been co-created with teachers and young people and designed to improve students’ understanding and start the conversation on important topics such as self-care, social media, building connections, dealing with change and more.

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.