It’s not enough – a rant on SEN processes and provision.

Boy walking with blue sky and green fields. Hills in the background - for It's not enough.

It’s not enough. It’s not enough to be a dedicated parent, to give your all, to never give up, to fight tooth and nail, to bleed for every scrap of help, every ounce of support. It’s not enough. Because the paediatrician says one thing and the LEA another and the OT knows nothing about the… Read More

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Let it be a good day…

A small boy in a rotunda with sunlight streaming in. He is looking down, so his face is in shadow.

It is 2.54 pm. I am standing outside the school gates. Other parents are gathered around, but they seem distant, their voices muffled. A few words drift by me… “Ohhh yes, mine is just like that since turning five! Sounds like we are in the same boat…” It is hard to join in. It is… Read More