School & Education
Working with your school: SEN support and EHCPs
A practical pathway for preparing school meetings, sharing observations, discussing EHC assessments and following up agreed support.
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Resources
Building a SEND paper trail without making it another full-time job
A simple records log for school conversations, reports, decisions and follow-up actions, with a free editable template.
Resources
Support before diagnosis: services and advice families can ask about
Where to look for free SEND advice, local services, school support and help with caring needs while your child is undiagnosed.
Work
What SEND parenting can teach us about inclusive leadership
Listening carefully, making expectations clear and following through: lessons that connect advocacy at home with support at work.
School & Education
No diagnosis yet: what can you ask school to do?
How to ask for support based on your child's needs, agree practical actions with school and review what helps while you wait for assessment.
School & Education
Preparing for a SENCO meeting: a parent checklist
Questions, preparation prompts and a follow-up note to help you leave a school meeting with clear actions.
Work
Supporting employees who are SEND parents: a manager guide
Conversation prompts and a practical checklist for agreeing support with employees balancing work and their child's additional needs.
EHCP
What is an EHCP? A plain-English guide for parents
Understand what an education, health and care plan does, how assessment starts, and one practical step you can take today.
EHCP
Why the SEND system punishes parents who don't know how to fight
Two-thirds of EHCP requests are refused. 98% of tribunal appeals succeed. That gap tells a deeper story about how the system works in practice — and what parents need to do next.
Parent Wellbeing
What masking actually costs you — and what happened when I stopped
The performance of being 'normal' is exhausting in ways that are hard to explain until you've lived it. And the relief of stopping is hard to describe until you've felt it.
Diagnosis
The moment I realised my child's diagnosis was also mine
Late diagnosis as a parent is its own particular experience — relief, grief, clarity, and a complete reframing of your whole history, all at once.
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