Speak Up For Kids

28/06/2025

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It’s important to remember that progress looks different for everyone.

23/06/2025

https://ofsted.smartsurvey.co.uk/p/AreaSend/10364961

31/05/2025

Support for parents and carers of children with additional needs: https://bit.ly/4mEN0OT

21/02/2025

Please share with friends. Our Tuesday session is low on numbers and at risk of not being able to run. Our phonics sessions help children develop better speech and language, social skills, concentration skills and prepare them with the skills needed to start school. Get in touch for more information.

20/02/2025

08/02/2025

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18/10/2024

💜💛 IDEA 1: Easy ways to support 2024! Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) awareness day is this Friday 18th October and one of the easiest ways to make people DLD aware is by sharing our DLD fact sheet with family, friends, school, community and work. Download it here: https://thedldproject.com/developmental-language-disorder-dld/

22/09/2024

No one knows a child like their parents, they have been there since their first breath. There is no better advocate for their needs.💙

02/09/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/01/fears-children-born-lockdown-start-school-covid?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3sNcv3-7LQTzrBekmm0cVPrStCgmIScUHrd-J1ACGid9HC6sErfbkfyic_aem_E-EcaX5gLfN12U1PzLWebA&ai=

Covid’s world of masks and remote health visits has created a generation at risk of social and emotional difficulties

09/08/2024

As a new school year is here - this is so important to keep in mind! You CAN ✅ add movement and sensory input throughout the day but please oh please

❌ don’t make kids earn free time, sensory or movement breaks. Don’t make them work on IEP goals during free time. Don’t force interactions or structured activities during free time. And DON’T take away recess or sensory breaks (or any other legally binding accommodations) as a punishment.

23/06/2024

As schools here in England are winding down for the summer and many countries around the world are already well into their summer break, teachers are finding out their classes for the next academic year.

The all important transition meetings, finding out about the children with SEN, the high achievers, the quiet ones, the loud ones. Although it’s important for the new teacher to be made aware of all the children coming to their class it’s also so important not to judge them due to their previous teachers opinion.

Just as every child is different, every teacher has a different teaching style and different expectations. The child who struggled the year before might thrive with in the new teaching environment. The child who flees the classroom might form a connection with their new teacher and stay in the class and they might just bring the quiet ones out of their shell.

Every child deserves a chance. It only takes a single adult to turn a child’s life around. Imagine if that adult was you.

I wouldn’t be where I am today without all the amazing teachers who never gave up on me.