Independent Education consultant and trainer, specialising in SEND and Safeguarding Author of The Inclusive Classroom and Working Effectively with your Teaching Assistant. I provide direct support to schools inclusing SENCo support and mentoring, SEND and safeguarding reviews, bespoke SEND and Safeguarding training.  I regularly speak at conferences and other events.  I write and blog about SEND and safegurding issues, Currently interests include the additional safegaurding vulnerablities of children with SEND and the support for miliatary families.

Hello! My name is Morgan, and I am the founding director and lead educator at Neurokind ✨ I am keen to connect and collaborate with other professionals in the field so please do feel free get in touch! Neurokind provides specialist community-based education, bespoke play sessions and personalised family support for neurodivergent and disabled children. All sessions are tailor-made to support the individual needs of each child and their family and are delivered by a qualified teacher (who is also neurodivergent). We specialise in working with nursery and primary-aged children with complex needs including autism, ADHD, sensory processing differences, developmental delays, as well as speech and language difficulties/disorders. As neurodiversity-affirming practitioners, we: see each and every child as a unique individual worthy of respect and dignity follow a strengths-based approach to learning stemming from the child's personal interests believe neurodivergent children should have the opportunity to be taught by neurodivergent adults firmly believe in child-led learning through play value connection over compliance and always prioritise emotional regulation celebrate all forms of communication while advocating for greater access to AAC see ‘behaviour’ as a form of communication or expression of an unmet need encourage bodily autonomy and always respect personal boundaries

Hi everyone!  I'm Joss and I work for national charity Ambitious about Autism on our Autistic and OK programme for secondary schools. Autistic and OK is a groundbreaking peer-led programme that aims to support autistic pupils with their mental health and educate the wider school community on autism.  Our programme aims to build a whole-school community where autistic pupils feel understood and accepted. I'm excited to connect with members of the SEND Network and hopefully bring the benefits of Autistic and OK to as many UK secondary schools as possible. Please do get in touch via messaging or email if you have any questions or queries, I'd be really happy to answer them!

Hi, I'm Tina, a former experienced teacher, and I have been working with PANS PANDAS UK, a charity focused on these post infectious neuro-inflammatory conditions for around three years. These conditions can cause children to quickly deteriorate from doing well in school to having complex needs. Awareness about these conditions is currently low, but it is improving thanks to recent advances in the medical field, a Parliamentary debate and media coverage. PANS/ PANDAS can present with some unusual characteristics, and this combined with a lack of awareness and training for schools has made things more difficult. The recent recognition of both PANS/PANDAS as distinct diseases by the NHS, now presents a great opportunity to raise further awareness across education.