Fergie

#SEND #Autism

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@BBCNewsnight @vicgoddard @ShannonDotKyle @carinamaggar Agree with everything you said. Could you link the letter you sent to parents please?

[Teach Secondary @TeachSecondary]

All schools need to deal with negative behaviour, but if they really care about success for every student a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy isn’t the answer, says @pivotalpaul https://t.co/yOSxSMkcq2

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

DfE: Schools must not put victims of sexual abuse in same classroom as their attackers https://t.co/BKy23QSeAA

[Gareth D Morewood @gdmorewood]

*NEW* in #SENCology

“Time to take stock of our SEND highlights”

Nothing gives me more of a 'SENCO buzz' than joint working and positive solutions with families. https://t.co/g3WPoa8on5

[Kevin Courtney @cyclingkev]

Academies: A very expensive mess. My new article in SecEd.
Please share & comment.
https://t.co/JypYzpd9bO

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@MoronicInferno @warwickmansell You could be right.

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@KennyInclusion Agree. This misapprehension appears to be gaining momentum in Academies though.

[Fergie @SENDlens]

Another Academy with ageist headteacher sets out draconian policy forcing pupils to make eye contact, sit up straight etc. Discriminatory against SEND kids. https://t.co/z9e14tU06V

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

'Very young staff' meant this school could implement radical behaviour and other policies https://t.co/I4aFJddmKr

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@FakeHeadteacher @eduosborne Technology becomes cheaper and but education doesn't have the funds to keep up.

[Fergie @SENDlens]

Yet government is asking in Green Paper on Mental health should central funding go direct to academies to address CYP MH. No transparency. Track records show where this funding will go. https://t.co/4DUZB3EJ6v

[sam @Hesperus1]

...and where did the million pounds in shares go? (companies house)... https://t.co/Y3LrdzQC84

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@mrhunsaker @abaukdiscussion @AspieDeLaZouch @NickGibbUK ABA is an application of behaviourism but if you use it to try and make a neurodivergent population "normal" it changes its application, morally.

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@AspieDeLaZouch @mrhunsaker @abaukdiscussion @NickGibbUK Yes and I'm signing off now to watch Boaty-Mc-Boatface. Good night.

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@AspieDeLaZouch @abaukdiscussion @mrhunsaker @NickGibbUK I think opinion should come from an adequate sample of the client group.

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@mrhunsaker @AspieDeLaZouch @abaukdiscussion @NickGibbUK Can you summarise in. Tweet or two?

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@AspieDeLaZouch @abaukdiscussion @mrhunsaker @NickGibbUK How is this the same as electric shocks?

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@AspieDeLaZouch @abaukdiscussion @mrhunsaker @NickGibbUK So isn't it right to change the environment first and foremost?

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@mrhunsaker @AspieDeLaZouch @abaukdiscussion @NickGibbUK @autismcrisis posted something a few weeks ago about ABA researchers having conflict of interest but not declaring it.

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@AspieDeLaZouch @abaukdiscussion @mrhunsaker @NickGibbUK Is WYSIWYG morally right though?

[Fergie @SENDlens]

@AspieDeLaZouch @abaukdiscussion @mrhunsaker @NickGibbUK Some alternatives come from a different principle which is about making changes around child not forcing child to change against their neurodivergent make up.