Education and Activities Archive

Glossary part 1

  I intended to write an article on the governments disability policies; listing them, analysing them and then saying YAYY it’s all going to be ok! But…and I’d love someone to show me the link I’ve …

Letter of response and progression

So despite the fact last week almost killed me with stress and fatigue, a couple of good things happened.   Firstly, I was kept up to date with meetings and progress by my new contact within the …

A letter to Herts County Council (HCC)

Dear HCC,   Please excuse the ubiquitous letter however so many people and so many departments have factored into our time in Hertfordshire that I can’t particularly address it to one individual. That would be unfair …

School Transfer

So my apparently convoluted quest to find out what date Jude is transferring to his new school continues… To date, I have been consistently telephoning the council every week for around a month now and have …

Chores

So last weekend, this happened…                       Nice technique there Jude!   Yes, that is Mr. Giraffe in the swing – Jude often puts him in there …

Caving in…

Now, I’m not one to admit when I’m wrong and I never back down on an argument BUT I’m caving in and buying Jude his own iPad for Christmas. Sorry…Santa is bringing him one. And …

First Words

So you all know I love Jude, right? Well, I have a pretty bad confession to make…I can’t remember what his first words were. Obviously mumma and dadda ranked pretty highly but apart from that, I don’t …

Council meeting

I met up with two members of the council on Friday to discuss possible support for Jude because I’ve managed to get myself into a confused mess over what is and isn’t possible, how to …

School Transport

Children attending special needs schools often take council funded buses or taxis to school because they are generally not your local school distance away. Jude for example, currently attends a school which is about nine …

Skills Targets

You know how skills and self-help normally comes naturally for most children? Or they at least want to do things for themselves so practise and practise until they are independent enough to put on their …