Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>So what you need to know about the impact of austerity on the support for children with special education needs is this:</p><p>A place for a child in the state sector: £24k per year.... and in the private sector: £62k.</p><p>No wonder private equity is heavily involved in special needs education & there was 10% growth in private schools in the year to January 2025. </p><p>A classic case of austerity cuts (in state provision) being a false economy!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SpecialNeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialNeeds</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <br>h/t FT</p>
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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/159611/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/159611/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Half of boroughs could go bankrupt over rising Send costs, warns London Councils <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/finances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finances</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LondonCouncils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LondonCouncils</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SEND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEND</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpecialNeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialNeeds</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
EdenDestroyer<p>Please boost, this is for a kid! (Potentially long post)</p><p>I am teaching a well spoken 10 year old kid on how to read and write, he's been struggling with it for a while now evidently. </p><p>The kid knows his phonics in a way that he would be able to recall the letter in requirement in response to being given a sound but struggles to come up with the letter for the spelling of words by himself. </p><p>He eventually gets the spellings for the words correct after lots of guidance, but it takes more help than is available in the real world. He would regularly spell a completely different word if given a word to spell out, for eg: he loves to spell out "t h a t" when given "t h e y" or "t h e r e" (when given the whole world and not its phonic explosion. He would also give me letters for a spelling for which no sound has been uttered by me (which would suggest that he needs to work on his phonics but when he pays attention it shows that he has his phonics right to the core when asked questions such as "what letter makes the ***given*** sound?"))</p><p>I've completed the various sounds that the alphabets make by themselves and when used with "h", for example how "phone" starts with the sound of "f" because of the use of "h" with "p". And that has certainly helped him attempt to come up with the spellings. I've been working on sight words as of right now and am hoping to start dictating whole sentences for him to write (he does this already with his parents and I've done so atleast once with him).</p><p>There is some signs of attention deficiency in his evaluations but nothing as concrete as to diagnose him with ADD or ADHD has come up yet. In short he hasn't yet been diagnosed with anything so far. </p><p>I'm wondering what proactive steps i could take to help this kid as a first time tutor, feel free to ask me any questions about him.</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/edutooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edutooters</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boost</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/phonics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonics</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonetics</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://solarpunk.moe/tags/specialneeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specialneeds</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>It’s a detail that none of us wants to think about…what will happen to our children and dependents after we die. </p><p>I remember making a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/will" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>will</span></a> before my kids were born and addressing the details felt grim even then.</p><p>But what if you have children with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpecialNeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialNeeds</span></a>? It turns out you need specialist advice, a standard will won’t help, it could make your child’s life far worse. </p><p>Worth reading. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/19/special-needs-planning-will-trust-vulnerable-dependants" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/19/special-needs-planning-will-trust-vulnerable-dependants</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1701732/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1701732/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Santa visits MARESA in sensory-friendly environment <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/friendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>friendly</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/maresa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maresa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Santa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Santa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sensory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sensory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpecialNeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialNeeds</span></a></p>
John Gordon<p>Today I asked my adult special needs son to help me with a small home task and he made only a perfunctory objection and was then quite helpful. </p><p>This sounds like a complaint. It is not. It is a celebration. I am a bit teary. He has come a very long way and lately seems to be improving every month. </p><p>If I’d known 20y ago we’d get here I’d have less white hair now. </p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/specialneeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>specialneeds</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cognitivedisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognitivedisability</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Hard-up <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/councils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>councils</span></a> ration access to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SpecialNeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialNeeds</span></a> tests - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/24/hard-up-english-councils-ration-access-to-special-needs-tests" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2024</span><span class="invisible">/mar/24/hard-up-english-councils-ration-access-to-special-needs-tests</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnderfundingPublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnderfundingPublicServices</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SEND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEND</span></a></p>
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