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hillingdontoday · 5 days

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Hidden Heroes Shine at 2024 Hillingdon Community Awards

Council honours unsung heroes across the borough at the 2024 Hillingdon Community Awards celebrating their outstanding contributions. Read more on Hillingdon Today. #Hillingdon #HillingdonAwards #CommunityHeroes #LocalImpact #VolunteerRecognition #CommunityService #LocalHeroes #CommunityPride #SupportLocal #MakingADifference Read the full article

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specialeducationcourses · 1 year

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calturnerreviews · 24 days

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#BlogTour – #BookReview of #CanISpeakToJosephinePlease by Sheila Brill @SheilaBrill @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours #memoir #disability #SpecialEducationalNeeds

I’m delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for inspirational and moving memoir Can I Speak To Josephine Please? by Sheila Brill. Thank you to Anne Cater and Resiliant Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this beautiful book. About the book: “Motherhood felt like being thrown out of a plane and not knowing how to use the parachute. ButJosephine survived so I…

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iamnicoledroberts · 1 year

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surveycircle · 1 year

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stimsensory · 5 years

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For the Teachers

I have 4 aunts, 3 of which are teachers (one retired). At least one of them has asked if I have any suggestions for classroom related stimming.

First of all, if someone is not harming themselves, others, or property, then there is no need to stop them stimming.

Try to see this from the child’s perspective.

We take in too much information throughout the day and often need a bit longer to process it and respond:

Stimming can help us cope with this excess of information. If I’m having a stressful day, then adding more stress in the form of a classroom is going to be anxiety-inducing. But I deal with it, because I don’t really have a choice. One method of dealing is stimming.

The next video shows the sensory overload of a supermarket. A classroom is rife with similar overwhelming sensory inputs. The overly bright fluorescent lights, the clock ticking in the corner, the ‘naughty’ kids chatting away, the ‘class clown’ making people laugh until your head throbs, the fake fruity smell of deodorant or perfume, the noises of kids in other classrooms or the hallways, the birdsong from outside…

School is sensory hell.

Imagine being in the sensory hell of the above video. Then imagine being there for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, with one hour for lunch (which is even worse!). Then try doing work on top of that. Frankly, you would struggle.

This is everyday life for many people. And the ways they use to cope can lead to intense bullying (most autistic people have been bullied) and severe mental health problems (autistic kids are 28x as likely to experience suicidal ideation, and anxiety and depression is common amongst autistic people).

Honestly, rather than trying to encourage the child to stim in ‘less annoying’ ways, I would suggest finding ways to reduce their sensory overload. Fight bullying, don’t tell the kids the same things they’ve heard from mean kids already (that they are acting ‘weird’ and should stop, that they are ‘stupid’ or worse words, or that they are ‘annoying’ others). Trust me, we have heard it already. And we see it every time autism is in the media. Teachers can make an enormous difference to a confused, isolated kid. Don’t encourage them to mask (it can lead to intense anxiety, even depression). Don’t tell them off for stimming.

I get that stimming can be ‘disruptive’. But all of the non-autistic kids are fidgeting in ways that are annoying me, and aren’t getting told off. Yet when I do it, I have to stop because they are ‘struggling to focus’.

Figure out why a kid is stimming in a disruptive manner.

Are they humming loudly? Maybe the room is too loud and they need to block out the background noise.

Are they tapping the table? Maybe those kids chatting in the back are saying cruel things that they want to ignore.

Are they chewing on their clothes? Maybe they are experiencing high levels of anxiety because they are perfectionists, and the chewing comforts them.

Before you try to change the child, try changing the environment.

Look at the environment from an autistic perspective. Or bring an autistic person in to evaluate your classroom.

Maybe your clock ticks. I would suggest replacing it, but due to the non-existent budget for teachers it may be better to simply remove in and ensure you have a digital time display available like the laptop. If a child asks for the time, tell them (not knowing is very anxiety inducing in my experience).

Maybe you leave your windows open. Maybe you have radiators on. An autistic person may struggle with the fluctuating temperature, so allow them to pick a spot away from either of these things, and try to avoid using these methods unless necessary.

School clothes are incredibly uncomfortable! I would want to rip mine off by the end of the day, because the jumper was loose and kept brushing against my skin lightly, which was physically painful for me. Try bringing this up with the head teacher so they can consider this the next time they change a school uniform. Maybe children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis could be allowed more lax uniform rules (for example, just ensuring they have a white top rather than a white polo). Maybe they could wear something comfortable underneath, and just wear a school jacket or jumper over the top. Also, it’s really annoying when you have to wear a dress and have no choice. School dresses hurt because they kept brushing against me. Encourage your head teacher to have gender neutral clothing!

Let the kid go somewhere quiet, like the bathroom or an empty room. If they are older or more responsible, let them have headphones in class. If they aren’t, make sure they have access to ear defenders.

Give kids somewhere other than the canteen to go for lunch. It’s really loud! People sometimes throw food. The floor has messy, slippery bits. It’s a social nightmare if you don’t have friends.

TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL. Maybe send the child’s parents an email asking how to make your classroom more autism friendly. Maybe talk to the child after class is over (make it clear they are not in trouble though!). Also, instead of expecting answers the first time you ask, encourage them to write down things during class if they annoy, frustrate, or overwhelm them, and give them to you at the end of class. Asking them once with no time to think back on it means you will miss a lot of stuff.

Once you’re completely sure you’ve done everything you reasonably can to help the child, then MAYBE consider working with them (with their consent!) on replacing ‘disruptive’ stims (whilst always allowing them to say ‘no’ and reject your ideas and just leave this extra work). If they are verbally stimming, try asking them why. If you can’t figure it out, you could buy a cheap karaoke set, or just get them to go into a separate room for 10 minutes in the middle of a lesson when they get restless, to sing and hum to their hearts content. If they are stimming with their body or seeking tactile input (EG tapping, clicking, etc), try finding silent, tactile stim toys for them to use instead. Maybe something to do with a special interest. Work with the child, not in opposition to them.

Also, don’t stop kids from rocking. It doesn’t affect anyone. It doesn’t make noise, it doesn’t involve destruction, it doesn’t affect anyone else in any way other than making them feel ‘uncomfortable’ with the ‘weird’ behaviour. It is very good for decreasing stress and coping with the sensory environment.

Depending upon the age and maturity of the kids, they could be taught about autism and about stimming. I’ve heard kids nowadays may be kinder towards kids with disorders, disabilities, and special needs (obviously not all kids, there is more than enough evidence that many kids are still cruel). So maybe explaining why a child is stimming would help them not get annoyed by it. Because people seem to get annoyed by things they don’t understand even if it doesn’t affect them (such as rocking). This won’t help with ‘disruptive’ stims but it may help increase understanding and acceptance, which is vital.

https://www.stimsensory.co.uk/blog/2019/4/2/for-the-teachers

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aconitum-napellus · 5 years

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We made it! We couldn’t have had worse June weather for our sponsored walk up Moel Siabod, but we battled sideways rain, wind, cold, and mist, to raise £675 so far for the Siabod autism resource in Ysgol Ffordd Dyffryn. Sponsorship link: https://bit.ly/2KCewwO [Image description: colour Instagram selfie of two older men in red raincoats, and a woman leaning in, wet, with a background of stones and mist. The second, a view back down the mountain of a wet path leading down a grassy slope, with mountain peaks partially obscured by mist in the background.] https://www.instagram.com/p/Bydb-a7F5rc/?igshid=nlmcb4lruwjk

#imagedescription #nationalpark #snowdonia #eryri #wales #cymru #moelsiabod #ysgolffordddyffryn #autism #actuallyautistic #hiking #walking #charity #raisingmoney #siabod #specialeducationalneeds #Snowdonia national park

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autismcomments · 6 years

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Don’t use SEN kids as your marketing opportunity!

It was my son’s birthday recently. In the run up to the big day cards of course arrived through the post and I collected them together and put them aside for my son to open on his birthday.

Whilst he ate his breakfast before school he opened his cards and of course I took an interest to see who they were from and collect any money for his money box. One of the cards had a leaflet inside it that my son immediately started reading. He loves reading. I took the leaflet to see what was going on, but he’d already read the first few paragraphs inside. It starts like this:

“Being a parent is hard enough. Being a parent of a child or young person with Special Educational Needs (SEN) you can feel that you have the weight of the world on your shoulders.”

I was, and am, furious! This organisation, that, as far as I am aware, I don’t know and have never given my details to, has somehow got my details, including my son’s date of birth, and directly posted a communication to him without my consent. That communication implies that he is a burden to his parents! I am so cross. My son is a wonderful boy who is positive and confident about his autism diagnosis. I made a point of reminding him again how much I love him and that I wouldn’t change a thing about him. It is incredibly low for an organisation to use SEN kids birthdays as a marketing opportunity, especially in a way that has the potential to upset them (and on their birthday for goodness sake - how selfish and greedy!)

I have just visited their website to try and work out who this organisation is and how they could have got my and my son’s personal details. It seems that they may have some kind of connection with Independent Support (but if they are a separate organisations it would surely be a data privacy and security breach to share personal details between them, and definitely against the new GDPR regulations which are now in operation). I don’t know if this is how they had my personal data though.

I will be contacting them to complain and also to instruct them to delete all records of my and my son’s details that they hold, after providing me with a copy of them so I can see what they had (which is my legal right under GDPR).

I was in contact with Independent Support once (an independent organisation set up by the government to provide up to a certain number of hours free support to parents applying for an EHCP or preparing for tribunal), roughly two and a half years ago, and haven’t been in contact with them again since. I was very unimpressed. At the time I was having difficulty with my son’s school (he’s not there now) and decided the way to resolve the situation was for me to apply for an EHCP. I had been told that Indepent Support could help with that so I got in contact. I attended one meeting with them where they took down details. To cut a long story short, I then decided the best thing would be to move my son to different school, one with a better understanding and support of autistic children (this worked out great!).

After my son had moved schools, I received an answering machine message from Independent Support telling me that they couldn’t handle my case and giving me a different phone number to call. Since I had resolved the situation by moving schools I ignored the message and deleted it. I never heard from them again. I presume they thought that a different service needed to help me because my child attended a school in a different local education authority/council than I lived in. I have since discovered that, if that was the reason, they were wrong! EHCP’s are issued by the council you live in and pay your council tax to (see IPSEA legal answer to this question: https://specialneedsjungle.com/ask-ipsea/ipseas-legal-agony-answers/ Find IPSEA itself here: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/ ), not the council where your child attends school. I have encountered many people who have got this wrong though (including those involved in producing EHCP’s at the council), so it doesn’t surprise me - more people who should know the law and don’t, to the disadvantage of families.

I have written a follow up to this post, which you can find here: ‘Exploiting SEN kids - more thoughts on the crass marketing strategies of greedy organisations’ https://autismcomments.tumblr.com/post/174302518388/exploiting-sen-kids-more-thoughts-on-the-crass

Update: I have been in contact with the organisation in question and they have stated that ‘We have stopped sending the cards out with immediate effect and are now reviewing our processes and procedures.’

#autism #send #sen #specialeducationalneeds #special needs parenting #special needs #aspergers #independent support #wraparound #parenting #autism parenting #gdpr #gdpr compliance #privacy #data protection #data privacy #data security

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paulclews · 6 years

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#Hello #NationalDyslexicDay #NationalDyslexicWeek #NationalDyslexiaDay #NationalDyslexiaWeek #Dyslexia #Dyslexic #DyslexicProblems #SEN #SEND #SpecialEducationalNeeds (at Ilfracombe) https://www.instagram.com/p/BogRRBelfoa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tcrutpoucc5o

#hello #nationaldyslexicday #nationaldyslexicweek #nationaldyslexiaday #nationaldyslexiaweek #dyslexia #dyslexic #dyslexicproblems #sen #send #specialeducationalneeds

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shenandoahsoundstart · 4 years

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Telehealth is a great alternative to traditional face-to-face therapy, especially during this uncertain time. Did you know that research has even shown that tele-health services are just as effective as face-face services? They are not meant to replace face-to-face services, but a great alternative for continued progress when face-to-face therapy is not feasible. It allows for greater understanding of therapy and provides additional support for carry over of strategies at home. Telehealth is the perfect opportunity to provide occupation-based coaching. Occupation-based coaching directly involves caregivers in creating strategies to increase a child’s participation in daily activities across natural environments. When performed via telehealth, it has been found to significantly increase parent involvement in the therapy process. It helps parents engage with their children in play activities and try more skill-based activities during everyday routines, especially parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It also helps parents formulate their own strategies and better equips them for the unpredictable challenges! #shenandoahsoundstart #soundstart #teletherapy #telehealth #learnfromhome #pediatrictherapy #otfun #slpfun #ptfun #parentcoaching #occupationbasedlearning #specialeducationalneeds #privatepracticeslp #privatepracticeot #privatepracticept #winchesterva #winchesterslp #winchesterot #winchesterpt #pediatrics #pediatricoccupationaltherapy #pediatricphysicaltherapy #pediatricspeechtherapy References: Little, L., Pope, E., Wallisch, A., Dunn, W.; Occupation-Based Coaching by Means of Telehealth for Families of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2018;72(2):7202205020. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2018.024786 Cason, J. (2011). Telerehabilitation: An Adjunct Service Delivery Model for Early Intervention Services. International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 3(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.5195/ijt.2011.6071 Heimerl, S., & Rasch, N. (2009). Delivering developmental occupational therapy consultation services through telehealth. Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section Quarterly, 32(3 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAapd0oBOKP/?igshid=1rdxgmq0y836c

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chloeburchettxo · 7 years

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Book Review; Shtum by Jem Lester

Last week, whilst sitting in the sunshine, I finished the beautiful Shtum by Jem Lester; and incredibly moving and thought provoking novel following the life of a young boy with Autism and his family’s struggles. Jonah is ten and doesn’t communicate at all. He is severely autistic, with speech and language difficulties, still in nappies and prone to violent outbursts. Shtum largely centres around…

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grumpyqueenofeverything · 3 years

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IRIS Girls incomplete. I miss you everyone 🥺 #speechtherapylife #speechtherapydays #teaching #teachers #teachersofinstagram #throwback #girlpower #feminism #therapydays #speechtherapy #fun #memories #likestagram #igphoto #igdaily #photodump #photooftheday #picoftheday #colorful #memories #goodvibes #teach #teach #speech #specialeducationalneeds (at Felcris Centrale) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSirP0cl3ka/?utm_medium=tumblr

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adbhutkidsfoundation · 3 years

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Free International Webinar .. It would be better to understand autistic kids with occupational therapy , strategies, activities etc. Adbhut kids foundation organizing FREE INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR ON "CO-RELATION BETWEEN ASD's AND OCCUPATION THERAPY". To get yourself register for the Webinar, visit link below: https://bit.ly/3eG005W After successful registration for more updates regarding the Webinar make sure you follow us on telegram and join our telegram group #adbhutkidsfoundation #adbhut #adbhutkids #freeinternationalwebinar #webinar #autismawareness #autism #occupationaltherapy #corelation #therapies #benefitsofoccupationaltherapy #benefits #learningwithadbhutkids #learningathome #knowledge #knowledgeathome #benefitsforparents #benefitsforeducators #forspecialeducators #specialeducationteacher #specialeducation #specialeducationclassroom #specialeducationalneeds #special_shots #specialeffects #specialized #specialstrategies #knowmore #specialneeds #specialkids (at Dehradun, देहरादून, Uttarakhand, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO7YN-yDoz0/?igshid=15qh995pspmma

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iamnicoledroberts · 1 year

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asiancollegeofteachers-institute · 3 years

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This write-up explores the various opportunities available with a 21st century special educational needs degree along with the professional advancement opportunities. Explore the further information regarding career prospects in special educational needs. #asiancollegeofteachers #specialeducationalneeds #21stcenturyeducators #careeropportunities #careeropportunitiesas21stcenturyeducator #education

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sentraining · 3 years

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It is completely normal for special children to have anxiety disorders over any issue that they might come across in their daily life. It is the responsibility of the SEN educator to figure out a way of handling such anxiety issues within the school environment. Let’s have a look at some of the ways to help such learners. #asiancollegeofteachers #SENeducator #anxietydisorders #SpecialEducationalNeeds

#Social Anxiety Disorder

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