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Keeping In Touch newsletter - December 2011Posted : 26/01/2012
Milton Keynes Family Information Service have published the December 2011 issue of Keeping In Touch - the newsletter for children with multiple needs in Milton Keynes. Sorry for the delay in adding it to our website.
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ICAN - Talk Together booklet available in 8 languagesPosted : 26/01/2012
ICAN have a wonderful booklet for parents and carers called 'Talk Together' - helping babies and young children learn skills for talking. This booklet (English version attached) is now available in Arabic, Czech, French, Polish, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu. Paste this link into your browser to access a copy: https://shop.ican.org.uk/node/14
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CYPN article - Children's services bear brunt of grant cutsPosted : 26/01/2012
Children & Young People now have published an article by Lauren Higgs Thursday, 26 January 2012, which states that children and young people are being hit hardest by cuts to local authority grants, research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found. See attached article for more information.
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CYPN article - Shortfall in provision of speech & language therapy exposedPosted : 24/01/2012
Children & Young People Now article by Vesela Gladicheva on Monday, 16 January 2012 says that the outgoing communication champion for children Jean Gross has warned of the stark risk posed by significant cuts to speech and language therapy services at a time of growing need. See attached file for more information.
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CYPN article - Duke of Edinburgh scheme involving children with additional needsPosted : 24/01/2012
A Children & Young People Now article by Joe Lepper Monday, 23 January 2012 says that the Duke of Edinburgh Awards (DofE) scheme is looking to increase the number of young people with disabilities and special educational needs it supports. See attached file for more information.
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NPPN News Digest - week beginning 16th January 2012Posted : 20/01/2012
The National Parent Partnership Network (NPPN) has produced a summary with links to most of last week's news to do with education, special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. See attached document.
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DfE Report on the impact of short breaks on families with a disabled childPosted : 19/01/2012
This Department for Education (DfE) report presents the findings of a longitudinal survey into the impact of short breaks on disabled children and their families. The study is the final element of a programme of research commissioned by the Department for Education and carried out by the Centre for Disability Research (CeDR) at Lancaster University.
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NFER Report on Bullying - by Tom Benton - November 2011Posted : 19/01/2012
Since early 2010 the NFER has been working with both primary and secondary schools to allow them to survey their own pupils and better understand their views across a range of issues. With almost 100 secondary schools and more than 35,000 pupils in years 7 to 13 having taken part we have now begun undertaking a national analysis of the results so far. We have begun by exploring findings relating to bullying at school and have produced some interesting results.
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CYPN article - Ofsted ditches 'satisfactory' rating for schoolsPosted : 19/01/2012
Children and Young People Now article by Lauren Higgs Tuesday, 17 January 2012: Ofsted is to scrap its "satisfactory" grade for schools and replace it with a new "requires improvement" rating. The move is designed to tackle the number of so-called coasting schools that remain "stubbornly satisfactory" over several inspections.
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Academies told to engage with wider children's servicesPosted : 19/01/2012
Children & Young People Now have an article by Neil Puffett Tuesday, 17 January 2012: Children's minister Tim Loughton has called on academies to engage with other services to ensure youth work provision and safeguarding do not suffer, amid concerns many are becoming isolationist. Concerns have been raised that some academies have been displaying a 'drawbridge mentality'.
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Parent Participation Co-ordinator - new vacant postPosted : 19/01/2012
An exciting new post has been created to support the participation of the parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs. The post is based within MK Carers, and is to support the work carried out by PACA MK (Parents and Carers Alliance). Please see the attached job description, person specification and advert for more information.
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NPPN News Digest - week beginning 9th January 2012Posted : 18/01/2012
The National Parent Partnership Network (NPPN) has produced a summary with links to most of last week's news to do with education, special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. See attached document.
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NPPN News Digest - 22.12.2011Posted : 22/12/2011
The National Parent Partnership Network (NPPN) has produced a summary with links to most of last week's news to do with education, special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. See attached document.
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IPSEA launch 40 new "How to take action" resourcesPosted : 11/10/2011
New SEN resources! IPSEA (Independent Parental Special Educational Advice) has produced 40 new on-line resources to help parents take action with common SEN issues. These are available to download from their website. Please look at them and bookmark the page for future reference. Copy this link into your browser, or open the attached document to see IPSEA's new "How to Take Action" resources: http://www.ipsea.org.uk/Apps/Content/html/?fid=91&dm_i=PWP,KE06,3Z0WKY,1NNRA,1
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Carers Milton Keynes - Autumn 2011 NewsletterPosted : 10/10/2011
This is the Autumn 2011 newsletter from Carers Milton Keynes. Full of interesting information, a dedicated page for parent carers and a diary of support groups and activities for all carers - including parent carers!
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DfE News about Short Breaks for Disabled ChildrenPosted : 30/08/2011
The Department for Education (DfE) has released the news that the number of disabled children receiving short breaks more than doubled between April 2008 and March 2011, with increases in every area of the country. The findings are published today in a report by Together for Disabled Children (TDC), commissioned by the Government. See attached news release.
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NPPN News Digest - week ending 26th August 2011Posted : 30/08/2011
The National Parent Partnership Network (NPPN) has produced a summary with links to most of last week's news to do with education, special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. See attached document.
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Holiday activities for children and familiesPosted : 24/08/2011
Want to know what exciting activities are happening during the Summer holidays? Need a holiday scheme or childcare for the children? Families Information Service (F.I.S) has put together details of a variety of local activities, family events and registered childcare for children of all ages.For further details call FIS: 0800 035 0335 (excludes some mobile net-works), email childcare@milton-keynes.gov.uk or visit http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/childcare
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IPSEA Survey on SEN Provision in AcademiesPosted : 24/08/2011
Independent Parental Special Education Advice (IPSEA)state that more and more parents are asking them about Academies and their duty to make provision for children with SEN. A number of common issues are emerging. They would like help to find out what is happening as schools become Academies. They will use your feedback to produce resources that will help with common issues. IPSEA's Academies survey has just 8 questions and will only take a few minutes. Every single response will help them. Copy this link into your browser to participate: http://www.ipsea.org.uk/news/hot-topics/academies-survey.aspx.aspx?dm_i=PWP,HRYV,3Z0WKY,1G299,1
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NPPN News Digest - week ending 12th August 2011Posted : 15/08/2011
The National Parent Partnership Network (NPPN) has produced a summary with links to most of last week's news to do with education, special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. See attached document.
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NPPN Digest - week ending 5th August 2011Posted : 15/08/2011
The National Parent Partnership Network (NPPN) has produced a summary with links to most of last week's news to do with education, special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities. See attached document.
