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The British Youth Council is recruiting young people from across England to be part of their Access and Assistance for All programme.

Next week is National Braille Week and provides a wonderful opportunity to engage pupils with a unique writing system they may never have experienced before and raise their awareness of diversity.

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have designed a systems checklist and audit tool that supports local areas with a framework for assessing their progress towards effective joint working.

World Teachers’ Day is celebrated annually on the 5th October to commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.

UK assistive tech company, Scanning Pens, has built on the success of its most popular product, the Reader Pen with a new launch of the model, the C Pen Reader 2.

The next ERA, gala ceremony take place on 18th May 2023 at The National Conference Centre, Birmingham, and entries are now invited from nasen members.

More primary school pupils will benefit from high quality phonics and expert literacy teaching as part of new funding announced on 9th October.

Our September edition includes articles on media literacy and how to support pupils with SEND to critically engage with news and media,how school libraries can help to boost wellbeing and how strategies to support young people with autism can benefit all.

A survey by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition has found that both children and parents are unhappy with how behaviour is being managed in schools in England.

The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) is calling for funding applications for their early years research challenge. They are inviting proposals for new projects that will help further improve early years support across the UK.

Ambitious about Autism have sent a letter to the new Education Secretary and Minister for Schools and Childhood, written by their youth network, calling on schools to be more inclusive for neurodiverse pupils.

A free webinar entitled ‘Doorstep Disadvantage’ is being held online on Wednesday 19th October at 4pm.

A report by the National Autistic Society highlights the views of autistic people, families and professionals on what needs to happen to prevent autistic young people’s involvement in the criminal justice system and the support they receive within system.

A new report from the University of Roehampton is the first academic research project in the UK to explore the level of aggression, violent and abusive behaviour from students towards teaching assistants working in mainstream schools.

Rethinking Education held their inaugural conference in person and online in September 2022. The speakers included educators, young people, parents and carers.

A new toolkit developed in conjunction with the School and Public Health Nurses Association (Saphna) has been launched to support schools.

The Institute for Government has published the performance tracker which reviews the state of nine public services, of which children’s social care and school are two, and their comparative and inter-connected problems.

Young Epilepsy are running a free webinar on 14th November from 5pm to 7pm looking at how best schools can support young people with epilepsy.

The government has published a guide for employers on how to access funding to support employers in their provision of reasonable adjustments for apprentices.

Thank you to all of those who sent in their nominations for the nasen Awards 2022. We were hit with an incredible amount of inspiring provisions and individuals this year for our 16 categories. We are proud to announce the winners.