Advocating for children with SEN and disabilities I am a parent to neurodivergent young people of varied ages and at different stages of their education. I hold qualifications in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Law, achieving a higher distinction at Levels 1, 2 and 3. I am a qualified advocate, Elklan trained, ICO registered and hold public liability insurance. I deliver community workshops, including my EHCP Masterclass, annual reviews, tribunal appeal submissions and the Working Document. I have been a guest speaker at Adoption UK, and I work with grassroots charities in Islington to help build a stronger community of parents.

I run a gender neutral and neuro diverse barbershop in Bolton, and do a lot of work with children with additional needs and I go into local education settings to working with children and young adults with board spectrum of additional needs, mainly autism and non verbal autism. I am the only hair professional in the shop, so this prevents overwhelment and sensory overload, and have resources available to help make the haircut as relaxed and pain free as possible for the client and there parent / guardians.

Hello, I'm Lynn. I'm an educational consultant supporting all things SEND (but especially SENCos). I have 20 years of primary teaching and SLT experience. I have been an Assistant Head, Lead Mentor for ITT and SENCo. I love to write and also have my own SEMH and staff mental health blog: www.positiveyoungmind.com I hold an MA in Education, NASENCO and NPQH. My particular areas of interest are wellbeing (staff and pupil), SEND, SLCN, children’s mental health, leadership, mentoring and coaching. Recently I started an Educational Consultancy business for SEND (SEND support) and Teacher Wellbeing (The Wellbeing Lady). All my SENCO freebies can be found here: https://positiveyoungmind.com/senco-resources/ I have a teacher coaching group on Facebook; a group for those wishing to improve their work-life balance in school or who need support in moving out of teaching: https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforteacherwellbeing Looking forward to connecting!

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