In response to new NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guidance about improving palliative care by supporting the whole family during a child’s end of life, Shooting Star Chase’s Director of Care, Helen Sibley, said:
EDLounge to unveil two exciting new resources
• EDLounge to unveil two exciting new resources at Bett 2017: EDExam and EDQuals
• EDExams is an all-in-one online exam and assessment platform that allowsany size organisation or governing body requiring the use of online examinations to create their own examination.
• EDQuals is a pioneering assessment, coursework and verification portal that can be used by any school, educational organisation, training provider or governing body.
From now until Christmas Eve, Wyevale Garden Centres are hosting some fantastic, family-friendly seasonal events each weekend.
Tickets are on sale for Breakfast or Tea with Father Christmas, which offers kids the chance to get into the festive spirit by enjoying a lovely meal with Santa himself. If you opt for the breakfast option, your children will be served a hot meal made up of a pork sausage (vegetarian option available), hash brown, fried egg, baked beans, and unlimited squash, while you can enjoy a full English breakfast, too.
Daniel featured on BBC Saints and Scroungers talking about his experience of dealing with his eye condition (Retinitis Pigmentosa) from a young age. He talks about the bullying he faced at school and how bullies used his visual impairment to take advantage. His mum describes the difficulty of watching her son tackle the highs and lows before diagnosis and her worries and concerns after diagnosis.
Mencap marks 70 years with the launch of new online community providing peer-to-peer support for parents of children with a learning disability
Survey reveals parents of children with a learning disability are most useful group to provide emotional support to parents
70 years since the Mencap movement began, the charity is launching FamilyHub, a new online community, after parents with a learning disability highlighted how valuable emotional support from other parents is to them.
Mum Paula reflects on a challenging year for her son Ioan, who has Tourette syndrome, and looks ahead to the day he moves on from primary school…
Ioan was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome in September 2015. This year has been particularly hard in understanding the behaviours that go along with the Tourette’s, not just the tics. Not only has he got Tourette syndrome, Ioan also has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, anxiety and is also thought to have Autism Spectrum Disorder. It’s been a long road trying to get a diagnosis for Ioan.
A ground-breaking new online training programme is being launched which aims to provide the essential support to the many young people with special educational needs (SEN) who are in custody and also those at risk of offending, helping them achieve better outcomes (well-being, education and employment) and substantially reduce their risk of offending or reoffending.
The online learning platform will provide free training and support to every professional in the Youth Justice System to improve practice, reduce offending by young people and improve their educational outcomes.
A fast growing company which provides care and home services to children and adults in Coventry and South Warwickshire is celebrating its official launch.
The SureCare franchise for Coventry and South Warwickshire was opened in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Coventry, Councillor Lindsley Harvard and Coventry’s Lady Godiva, Pro Porretta, on November 24th.
The franchise is run by Tervinder Bhangal and her husband. Previous to SureCare, Tervinder worked for Coventry City Council as a Social Work Team Manager for the Transition & Children’s Disability Team.
More than 20 staff have already been taken on by the company and they are looking for another 30highly trained and experienced people to join the team over the next 12-18 months.
OMAR Zamir is a young man with a huge determination to succeed despite being profoundly deaf.
It is his commitment that has earned him the accolade as the top British Asian apprentice in the first ever Asian Apprenticeship Awards.
He took the award at the end of a gala evening on November 10, in Birmingham to celebrate the very best of apprentices from the British Asian community.
The awards have been established to encourage more young British Asians to take up apprenticeships. Apprentices are vital to future economic prosperity but there is an under representation of Asians taking up apprenticeships and this needs to change.
In order to inspire others the Asian Apprenticeship Awards showcase the very best apprentices from this community.
Leading North West charity, the Together Trust is launching its #SeeMyPotential Christmas appeal today (29 November 2016) to help level the playing field for some of the most disadvantaged young people, vulnerable adults and their families.
75% of people in Great Britain agree that young people and adults with disabilities generally have less opportunities in life compared to those without a disability*, the Together Trust is here to change that. The #SeeMyPotential appeal asks the public to help support and value people with complex health needs, autism and disabilities and realise their potential.
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a resolution which calls, among other things, for a better statute for sign language interpreters in Europe. "Due to the vague statute there is a clear shortage of sign language interpreters. Many deaf people are unable to fully take part in society.
This resolution is a milestone for deaf people and sign language interpreters alike and constitutes an important policy at regional, national and European level," says ECR MEP Helga Stevens. There are more than a million sign language users in the European Union, but there are only 6,500 sign language interpreters.
Curve is to host two major Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) events; Local Offer Live on the 24 January 2017 and Pathways on the 25 January 2017.
Local Offer Live will be held at Curve for its third year running and will once again showcase services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities as well as carers, parents, service providers and SEND professionals across Leicester and Leicestershire.
Parents and therapists benefit from Abacus ‘#BathingIsBetter’ guidance at Kidz to Adultz North
Abacus Healthcare, a leading specialist in powered baths for disabled bathers and carers, has successfully exhibited its products and latest educational campaign at Kidz to Adultz North (Stand B14, EventCity, Manchester, 17 November).
Extensive Etac R82 product and educational showcase proves highly popular at Kidz to Adultz North
Etac R82, the trusted specialist in assistive products for disabled children and adults, has had a highly successful exhibition demonstrating its wide ranging equipment and expertise at Kidz to Adultz North (Stand A17/A18, 17.11.16, Event City, Manchester).
Professor Sonia Blandford is speaking out about the urgent need to change our way of thinking to address social mobility, to include, value and improve outcomes for children and young people experiencing challenge, needs and disadvantage.
We must address the ever decreasing opportunity to break the cycle of disadvantage; new thinking and new leadership is needed now.
The national association for special educational needs, nasen, is partnering with Bett 2017, which is returning to ExCeL London from 25-28 January. nasen is the UK’s leading professional association embracing all special and additional educational needs and disabilities, and you’ll find them at stand SN90 at Bett. Membership of nasen is an invaluable source of advice, offering an exclusive range of benefits to support the education network in the delivery of high quality inclusive practice.
On Demand. In Schools – Captioned Productions
The National Theatre productions available through the On Demand. In Schools programme, the NT’s digital initiative offering acclaimed curriculum-linked productions free of charge to primary and secondary schools across the country, are now fully captioned by STAGETEXT.
On Demand. In Schools enables every primary and secondary school in the UK to access world-class theatre on demand in the classroom, with one third of all state secondary schools already signed up to the free digital programme. Captioning enables deaf, deafened and hard-of-hearing pupils and teachers to access the initiative.
School are invited to enter the Shine a Light Awards 2017, to recognise the contributions of those who support children and young people’s speech, language and communication.
The Communication Trust and Pearson joined forces to launch the fifth Shine a Light Awards to reward teams, settings and individuals across England working in the field of communication.
The awards feature 10 categories and includes a new award for SEN School, or Group of the Year, highlighting the exceptional work carried out in SEND schools and colleges across the country.
Students from a specialist college in Openshaw have been taking part in Creative Codes – a collaborative, school-led project in response to the Royal Exchange Theatre’s production, Breaking the Code.
Young adults from Bridge College which supports students up to 25 years with learning difficulties and disabilities, complex needs, communication disorders and autism, have been combining the forces of maths and art to create amazing artwork hiding secret messages about equality.
The charity which runs the college, Together Trust, believes that everybody deserves an equal chance in life which aligns perfectly with the project.
The scheme offers a six-month job with one of the UK’s leading production companies with bespoke training to kick-start your career in television. We are looking for people with a genuine passion for television who are determined to have a career in the industry. These trainee positions will provide you with the skills to take one of the two main routes into television – production or editorial.