Mrs Robinson SEND

Primary School SENDCO 📌 Teacher since 2001📚 😼 Marmite lover

[Emily♡ @ItsEmilyKaty]

A recent study in @TheLancet ‘perceived misdiagnosis of psychiatric conditions in autism’ reveals just how often autistic people, especially women, are misdiagnosed with mental health conditions such as personality disorders before finding out they are autistic. This is linked to long diagnostic wait times and delayed diagnosis. The study calls for better training for mental health practitioners, particularly in understanding autistic adults with co-occurring conditions.

This is so many of our story’s. Thank you AAP Networking for inviting me to speak last Thursday. I am not a natural public speaker (I’m much more comfortable writing words!), but I enjoyed it nonetheless!!!

#Autism #Autistic #Neurodiversity

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@PTstephenB Is it a full recount or a recount of bundles?

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@MPboro2 Fascinating isn't it? Not a concern till age 7. His knowledge of letter shape is good but need to strengthen sense of directionality. Can try hwriting tasks - one target letter at a time with talk about its starting point

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

Sunak framing getting people off disability benefits as a “moral mission” is a Victorian dog whistle. It frames being able to work as a virtue and being too sick to as a moral failing. It suggests the solution is, not structural change, but disabled people trying harder.

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

A few extra pupils each is not going to 'damage the quality of education for all' 🙈 Your years of dire funding & neglecting SEND provision is FAR big a problem!

[Gillian Keegan @GillianKeegan]

State headteachers know that Labour's Schools Tax would damage the quality of education for all of our children.

90% of schools are now rated good or outstanding - up from 68% under Labour.

But Labour would reverse this progress - putting the politics of envy ahead of evidence.

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@KathrynBatte A sad reminder that, even today, girls get to play sport when the men let them #HerGameToo

[Anna Fazackerley @AnnaFazack1]

The idea of huge camhs waiting lists is well known - but increasingly suicidal children aren’t even making it onto a waiting list as services so over-stretched. “How can we claim to be a civilised country and be letting children down so badly?” https://t.co/vj3oOPihJ9

[Ben Newmark @bennewmark]

Come on. This is a mum with two disabled children who just wants to be able to park places non disabled children go. Just sign it.

[RNID @RNID]

Where’s the British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter @10DowningStreet?

Calling a #GeneralElection is one of the biggest moves our country can make – deaf people deserve to have that information at the same time as everyone else. This is not good enough! (1/2)

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@Headteacherchat Huge drivers of teacher well-being incl knowing views are heard & having a sense of agency. Way more important than some free snacks or the occasional wfh PPA session

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@tombennett71 So the accuser hasn't actually apologised in the light of the Police concluding it didn't happen? Means lots of parents will have seen the slur against teacher but perhaps not the news it was untrue. The stress she must have suffered!

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@theposhmarketer @theposh I bought 2x tickets on Friday, confirmation on screen then money left bank account but realised tonight still no email of tickets 😮 Looks like we're gonna miss out @theposh any ideas?

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@Headteacherchat If your primary school is 500+ then please don't give the SENCO class responsibilities too. They'll leave and no-one will answer that ad 😅 A non-class DHT is also very common in 3FE primaries

[Sue Cowley @Sue_Cowley]

If children aren't coping with the system you have, you have to change the system because you don't get to swap the children you've got for some other ones. 🤷‍♀️

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

'Your SENDCO can join SLT, but if they don’t feel they can effect change you won’t hang on to them

🤝 @WholeEducation's Gary Aubin
https://t.co/x4mUtexs0M

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@theQofmyChild You can go to GP under 'right to choose' route. Tho I have known some fob parents off saying sch have to do it. Push. GP can be quicker - e.g. we have dozens of families asking for ASD/ADHD refs this yr and only so fast that we can work thru the huge forms the nhs want from us

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@PrimaryCoHead Yes! Consultations from LA through the hols is very standard and wht your SENCO needs a special thank you for sorting these out each year

[Mrs Robinson SEND @MrsRobinsonSEND]

@gfreeman2012 @cherrylkd Councils need to be allowed to go back to building new schools. This painful lack of special schs was predictable. Gove has a lot to answer for.

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

Is Britain ready for the Baby Bust? My column this week is on, quite literally, the biggest story in the world - what's happening to population. Quick thread as some of the stats are pretty jaw-dropping (1/?) https://t.co/wOavxgYX7Q