Hello SEND Network, At the STEPs project, we are a research team from York St John and Lancaster Universities, who are working collaboratively with pupils with SEND to understand and support their transition to mainstream secondary school.  We are looking for parents of children with SEND who are about to start secondary school in the UK to complete a brief survey. You can read full details about the study and access the survey here: https://yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKYNo91pi8SVrdY It takes 10-25 minutes to complete - we are looking for parents to share their views up until 6th September. We will then contact respondents once more in early 2025 (after children have been at secondary school for one term) to ask about how transition has gone. Please feel free to share this message with any contacts who may be interested in taking part. In return, get access to our growing free bank of transition resources, co-produced with a group of neurodivergent young people. We hope that families and teachers will find the toolkit resources helpful to frame conversations about transition with young people with additional learning needs. If you have any questions, please email the project team at steps@yorksj.ac.uk. Thank you! Professor Lorna Hamilton (developmental psychologist and project lead)

Hello SEND Network, At the STEPs project, we are a research team from York St John and Lancaster Universities, who are working collaboratively with pupils with SEND to understand and support their transition to mainstream secondary school.  Our growing free bank of transition resources, co-produced with a group of young people, can be freely downloaded here:  https://bit.ly/4c2QS6f So that we can hear a wider range of experiences and develop this toolkit further, we are now looking for parents of children with SEND who are currently in the last term of primary school in the UK to complete a brief survey. You can access the survey here: https://yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKYNo91pi8SVrdY It takes 10-20 minutes to complete - we are looking for parents to share their views up until 31st August. We will then contact respondents once more in early 2025 (after children have been at secondary school for one term) to ask about how transition has gone. We hope that families and teachers will find the toolkit resources helpful to frame conversations about transition with young people. And we would be so grateful for responses to the survey. If you have any questions, please email the project team at steps@yorksj.ac.uk. Thank you! Dr Lorna Hamilton (developmental psychologist and project lead)