Category: Connect News
Kirsty Macfarlane 
11.05.17The Importance Of Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week was introduced 17 years ago by The Mental Health Foundation and continues to highlight the importance of good mental health. However, a recent report by the Education and Health Committees has found that mental health support for children in schools is lacking. The report discusses how, despite an increasing number of children … Continued
Susan Day 10.03.17Why Accessibility is Important
What do YOU think of when you hear the word ACCESSIBILITY? Is it …. OR OR OR You may answer ALL of the above! Accessibility means giving people access to the world around them whether that be access to a building for a wheelchair user via a ramp or by producing an electronic book which … Continued
Alastair Fielden 01.03.17Autism Diary Week Two
Part two in our four part Autism Diary series Read Part One Tuesday 30th For some days, H.V. has been getting out of his seat and running through to the toilets across the corridor, turning on all the taps and putting his hands under the water, squealing with what seems like excitement and has to … Continued
Alastair Fielden 20.02.17Autism Diary Week One
Home Diary Sunday 22nd Mum sank into the chair at half past midnight after another exhausting night trying to get Harry to settle. It began around mid afternoon again after the outing to the park with Harry after Granny said that it was getting late and it was time to go back home to get … Continued
Susan Day 20.01.17Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality has been used for training and education within the military, law enforcement and research labs for many years. Improvements in computer processing/graphics and a decline in cost has led to this technology now being accessible to a wider demographic of consumers. We are committed to changing the delivery method of education worldwide, by providing … Continued
Alastair Fielden 17.01.17Funding for Special Educational Needs support
Edward Timpson MP has recently released some good news for groups who support SEND provision. A package, says the government, of a little under sixty million pounds. This is not only good news for councils who, the reports say, would receive a share of 40 million pounds, it is also good news for other support groups too. … Continued
connect_staff 19.12.16So how would you like to learn Braille?
Last year I made a few big changes in my life. Met my partner, moved from Liverpool to Nantwich, took up my first admin job after a number of years teaching. This year the changes continue and life is quite exciting! I applied for an admin job here at Connect back in September, and … Continued
Alastair Fielden 24.11.16A Week in the Life Series: Episode 3 – “A Testing Time”
With an internal sigh the SENCO considered the forms in front of her on the desk, and the possible options open to them, was it necessary to place Jack onto the next stage of the school SEN register, and if so on what basis? It seemed to be the next logical stage in the process, … Continued
Alastair Fielden 14.10.16Building Braille Awareness
As part of a local school’s class topic on Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille, Connect staff were invited to work with two classes of six and seven-year-olds to give them experience of what it can be like for those with a visual impairment through a series of practical and engaging activities. During the … Continued
Alastair Fielden 10.06.16Supporting SEND – We can still make a difference
Findings from a report from The Key, mentioned on the BBC news site of a survey of just under 1200 head teachers about their views of SEN, highlighted the gap in funding for mainstream schools to effectively support pupils with SEND. The question about mainstream schools having the money, time and training they need to … Continued
