Stay Informed
On this page you’ll find all of the information, reports, events and relevant links we can find.
Please use the Notice board to let us know of any we’ve missed!
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Have Your Say
What would you like to say to the UK Government?
Do you have any solution-focused ideas for the team to consider?
Would you like to submit a professional opinion / report / information that you think we should know about?
- Neglect / Safeguarding whilst IN school and ATTENDING!
I wonder if we could perhaps collate some testimonies from parents, children/young people, and staff (ex or current), that have experienced or witnessed neglect and ignored safeguarding concerns whilst actually IN school ATTENDING?!
I know myself (on both personal and professional levels), that this happens far more than people may realise! This includes all “forms” of neglect and safeguarding issues, and that may have been raised repeatedly but not been dealt with due to whatever reason.
We could give students the chance to speak of this topic whilst IN school attending by writing, speaking, drawing, music, with support…any way that they could take part.
We could have parents speak from their POV, and professionals too if they’ve witnessed.
All could be anonymised of course!
We hear some gathering data and testimonies from SEND students let down, how about specifically those actually experiencing this IN the school setting alone? Could also be used to argue about ‘school is the safest and best place to be!’
- Accountability
Is there any?
Scholarly Articles
Information and Latest Research
- “I wanted them all to notice” from Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel November 2024
- Connolly SE., Constable HL. and Mullally SL. (2023) School distress and the school attendance crisis: a story dominated by neurodivergence and unmet need. Front. Psychiatry 14:1237052.
- Cerebra (2025) ‘Systems Generated Trauma: How disabled children and their families are traumatised by dysfunctional public services when they ask for support’
- Nelson, T., & Lichwa, H. (2025). The lived experiences of masking black Autistic girls in UK education: “before people see the autism, they see my race.” Educational Psychology in Practice, 41(4), 417–438.
- Ward, M., & Powell, L. (2025). The lived experiences of primary and secondary education for autistic university students. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1–17.
- Fielding, C., Streeter, A., Riby, D. M., & Hanley, M. (2025). Neurodivergent Pupils’ Experiences of School Distress and Attendance Difficulties. Neurodiversity, 3.
- Lukito, S., et al. (2025), Emotional burden in school as a source of mental health problems associated with ADHD and/or autism: Development and validation of a new co-produced self-report measure. J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 66: 1577-1592.
- McGreevy, E., Quinn, A., Law, R., Botha, M., Evans, M., Rose, K., Moyse, R., Boyens, T., Matejko, M., & Pavlopoulou, G. (2024). An Experience Sensitive Approach to Care With and for Autistic Children and Young People in Clinical Services. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 0(0).
News & Events
News & Events from Around the UK
Useful Links
Links to Socials, Information, Support
- Michael Charles FB page
- Geldards SEN Law & EHCP Advice Group
- SENDIASS
- IPSEA
- Disabled Children’s Partnership
- SEND Rights Alliance
- Special Needs Jungle
- Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
- National Autistic Society
- ADHD Wise UK
- Autistic Realms
