Looking forward to hearing more about Alternative Provision in Wales. Elsa Torres speaking to the SEBDA National Council during a busy morning for Trustees and NC members!

Managed Moves - neither EXCLUSION nor INCLUSION? The latest SEBDA Newsletter has a transcript of the (free-to-view) podcast, where Marcia White talks about her research on managed moves, with Dr Rob Long and Dominic Gunn. sebda.org/newsletter/

Discussing unelected home education by a parent of their 5 yr old, the reason revealed...they believed they would be fined because their child would be unable to face the academic demands presented by the school and struggle to attend every day. A mess, created by many players, which needs fixing!

See how Nurture Uk have benefitted children & young people, educators and senior leaders in these two Kent schools. Now is the time, if you have not yet sought out this valuable support www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwx3...

"Nurture has entirely changed our school culture": Visiting two schools in Kent 🎒

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BELONGING MATTERS 2025 sebda.org The SEBDA Conference was delighted to have Eliza Fricker share her powerful, distilled illustrations and use'love' and 'joy' while talking about the need for relational, flexible and co-beneficial partnerships between schools, children/ young people and parents.

BELONGING MATTERS 2025 - Thank you to Laura Kerbey for joining us Laura reminded us that PDA includes avoiding things that we WANT to do as well! The level of self-expectation can be too much. Also, truly Inclusive Schools made reasonable adjustents based on NEED not DIAGNOSIS. Join: sebda.org

'Belonging Matters', the SEBDA National Conference 2025 was even more successful than we could have hoped - thank you so much to all who attended and spoke. Resources available at sebda.org soon. Here is Prof Harry Daniels with the latest findings from Excluded Lives, about to be published.

‘Supporting Children and Young People Through Loss and Trauma’ Recommended book by Juliet Taylor (National Council Member at SEBDA) www.routledge.com/Supporting-C...

Supporting Children and Young People Through Loss and Trauma: Hands-On Strategies to Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing

Loss and trauma impacts families, communities and children and young people. This includes

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This looks good from @naht.org.uk - ‘Turning fear into Trust’.

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A packed hall at #BettUK2025 today for Kelly Hannaghan’s talk covering the signs of emotionally based school avoidance and tools to engage students – turning fear into trust. Hear more from Kelly at our Developing Parental Partnerships course on 20 March: bit.ly/42py6Ej @mindworkmatters.bsky.social

Traditional Neurodivergence Theories - debunked. Dr Rob Long explains how The Sally-Anne Task gave us a false perspective on Autistic children which, as is the case with many other outdated theories, became accepted as a defining characteristic. Full set of videos FREE: sebda.org/training-vid...