Almost ten years ago, I gave birth to my first child. For the first 6 months, we had the usual anxieties that new parents have with no warning of what was to come. Then the world of SEN arrived. Within two years, we had three children and had to learn about hydrocephalus, autism, Aspergers, retinopathy…
Why is it that when you have read everything you can about your children’s known conditions, another one pops up to knock the wind out of your sails? Why is it that your children’s conditions cause such mayhem and turn your life upside down in a way no one can understand unless they’ve been there?…
Earlier this year, we had a really rough time as a family. With the death of an aunt and a beloved grandad within 4 weeks of each other, my husband tried to cheer me up by buying tickets for us to see Simple Minds at the O2, supported by Ultravox, on 30 November. For the…
As any Mum will know (and this counts if you call yourself Mum, Mom, Mummy, Mother or any other variation), you are just not allowed to be ill. The thought of lying in bed with a thermometer (and Netflix, a cuppa and perhaps a good book) is a little secret dream we have. Why can’t…
I have been approached by a magazine and asked for my views on the following: How should SENCOs involve parents in the decision making process and plan for their child? What can SENCOs do to improve co-production and communication in general? What types of questions do you think parents will be asking of SENCOs over…
The last few weeks have been full of harsh reality checks; those moments when reality just slaps you hard across the face. They hurt. One of the big ones was the sudden unexpected reappearance of my gorgeous boy’s coping mechanism for anxiety. This is something we haven’t seen for almost two years – we are…
These past three weeks have been very strange for me, I have actually had to stay home. My children have had a full round of sickness bugs and then just one day after returning to school, we then received a full quota of chickenpox. So I have had to give apologies to all meetings and…
Why did I think driving 300 miles on a Bank Holiday would be a good idea? Why did I think Bank Holidays and Motorways would ever be a good combination? My day started badly when I was setting up the kids DVD players in the car and managed to lock myself into the back seat….
Today has been a very unproductive day – mostly due to the fact that I actually went out last night and drank alcohol. Forgetting that I don’t this often, I also decided that “shots” were a good idea. Being so out of practice at the drinking thing, I have seriously paid for it today. And…
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