njbrandon23

Mum of two teens, Mental Health Trainer, SEN mama, dog mama, stationery addict, tea lover. 🐶🐶🫖👩‍👧‍👦

[njbrandon23 @purplepawsproj]

It’s true what they say… blink and you miss it…🥹

12 years
4 schools
12 EHCPs
2 useless LAs
A gazillion phone calls, emails and tears

SEN College here we come 😁💪

#SEND #lastdayofschool #senparent #senschooling #SpecialEducation

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@BancroftsSchool Deepest condolences to you all and Grace’s family, from a former pupil. 💔🥺

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@clhubes 15 and 13 and they HATE each other….it doesn’t get any better 🫣 sorry!

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@MartinSLewis @bbc5live For buying second hand uniform for my son from other mums.

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@WifeWorst I was great at PE, am now a good mother but was a terrible wife (apparently!) Go figure!

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@StrawberryAsd My 15 year old still occasionally puts stuff on inside out or back to front….just doesn’t feel it being wrong.

She has absolutely no interest in clothes fashions and also can’t pick out the right clothes for the weather/season, nor can she do ordinate colours.

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@UnofficialOA Been to A&E today with my son…wait was around an hour, triaged, x rayed and seen seamlessly. Am thankful we are in an area where nurses aren’t on strike today. Every hospital visit now makes me so grateful for our NHS.

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@MissEmmaTurner At parents eve at my son’s secondary school last month his Spanish teacher asked what I do. I mentioned I used to teach primary, “just the littlies.” She looked me dead serious & said “there’s no amount of money in the world that would get me teaching primary, don’t knock it.” 🥰

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@HelenAshby72 This happened to me with my young son in the car at the time, he then followed me to school, hurled abuse at us, bashed my car with his, smashed my phone when I tried to take a picture, all in front of other parents. Police did nothing cos he was gracious enough to apologise 😢

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@TweetcherT We have a globe at home! Kids need to be able to visualise where we are in relation to everyone else surely? (And I sometimes need to use it 😅🫣)

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@SendWarriorMum My daughter is 15 and never did any SATs nor will she be doing any GCSEs. She is working at Year 3-4 level now so wouldn’t have ever managed SATs. If they are not accessing the curriculum for their age range they shouldn’t be being entered for the tests.

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@aliciaandrz @AcademicChatter I tutored first heard undergraduates last semester and we did part of a session on how to address (those who were straight out of school learn we didn’t need to be called ‘Miss’ or ‘Sir’) and write emails to lecturers.

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@jemmaforte Chocolate

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@drlindalouise You’ve clearly never come across a child with learning disabilities….did you not spend time in an SEN school as part of your teacher training, as per the requirements? 🤷‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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@darlingg1itter @MrNickRansom Ohhhh I see. No I realise not everyone is like my daughter, she is very unique ☺️ and I also realise that although I may have 12 yrs experience parenting an autistic child I dont know everything. What works for one doesn’t necessarily work for another, same for my NT son.

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@adamfare1996 There are vending machines and canteens…..

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@Beth_Tastic Wait till he’s 13!!

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@Rowan_Lawton On plane lst summer, one family’s child had Peppa Pig on their tablet v loud. Parent in front turned round & asked parent if they cld turn it down cos it was annoying. They didn’t want to but looked around saw other parents staring at them so begrudgingly did. Parent pressure 😂

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@Headteacherchat Heartened by these replies! Wondered whether my son’s mainstream school wld authorise him going away in term time as my daughter is SEN & she didn’t cope with the airport last year. But they both enjoyed meeting other kids while we were away which in term time limits that opp.