Nancy
@nancygedge.bsky.social
Teacher | writer | mother | SEND Resource Base Coordinator | tired | often irritated | Down’s syndrome | epilepsy
Trouble is, it’s constantly shifting and changing in order to try to avoid stigma. And then there is a shared understanding of disability itself…
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Trouble is, it’s constantly shifting and changing in order to try to avoid stigma. And then there is a shared understanding of disability itself…
Don’t worry, it’s Facebook 👍🏼
November 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Don’t worry, it’s Facebook 👍🏼
Sometimes (shock) children are really good at one subject and rubbish at another too. Or like one teacher and not another
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Sometimes (shock) children are really good at one subject and rubbish at another too. Or like one teacher and not another
If you want children to use another form of recording you have to give them time to learn how to do it - at all ages. They are all different, specific skills.
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If you want children to use another form of recording you have to give them time to learn how to do it - at all ages. They are all different, specific skills.
More missed…menopause care anyone? Female bodies and medical research perchance? There’s a reason there are MDTs and medical discussions before planning ways forwards - my mum’s cancer was very much managed this way.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
More missed…menopause care anyone? Female bodies and medical research perchance? There’s a reason there are MDTs and medical discussions before planning ways forwards - my mum’s cancer was very much managed this way.
There are charlatans wherever you care to look - and it’s no mistake that historically, doctors were ‘quacks’.
I’m not saying we don’t trust medics - but that their decisions and treatment plans are far more slippery than is portrayed in media. There’s a lot more trial and error - and LOT
I’m not saying we don’t trust medics - but that their decisions and treatment plans are far more slippery than is portrayed in media. There’s a lot more trial and error - and LOT
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There are charlatans wherever you care to look - and it’s no mistake that historically, doctors were ‘quacks’.
I’m not saying we don’t trust medics - but that their decisions and treatment plans are far more slippery than is portrayed in media. There’s a lot more trial and error - and LOT
I’m not saying we don’t trust medics - but that their decisions and treatment plans are far more slippery than is portrayed in media. There’s a lot more trial and error - and LOT
Mine too. Love a toolkit
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Mine too. Love a toolkit
Or just that we have been culturally conditioned to think of medics in this way and we hold them in very high esteem.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Or just that we have been culturally conditioned to think of medics in this way and we hold them in very high esteem.
Also: medicine isn’t like that either and it’s a mistake for us to think it is.
Medicine is FAR more slippery than we like to think.
Medicine is FAR more slippery than we like to think.
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Also: medicine isn’t like that either and it’s a mistake for us to think it is.
Medicine is FAR more slippery than we like to think.
Medicine is FAR more slippery than we like to think.
Erm, which ones do you mean - because OT, physio, SALT etc are NHS….
Ime, it’s when NHS are asked to overstep in their recommendations for type of school where it can all go very wobbly indeed.
Ime, it’s when NHS are asked to overstep in their recommendations for type of school where it can all go very wobbly indeed.
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Erm, which ones do you mean - because OT, physio, SALT etc are NHS….
Ime, it’s when NHS are asked to overstep in their recommendations for type of school where it can all go very wobbly indeed.
Ime, it’s when NHS are asked to overstep in their recommendations for type of school where it can all go very wobbly indeed.
Also: hangry. Lots of teens feel this way at 12pm, bless em
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Also: hangry. Lots of teens feel this way at 12pm, bless em
No. Labels have limited use and lots of ‘heaviness’ in my experience. No replacement for knowledge of the young person - which is where deeply talented people working with SEND in the mainstream is important. Consistency and knowledge and trust.
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
No. Labels have limited use and lots of ‘heaviness’ in my experience. No replacement for knowledge of the young person - which is where deeply talented people working with SEND in the mainstream is important. Consistency and knowledge and trust.
Rather than trusting an adult enough to make the plan for/with them.
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Rather than trusting an adult enough to make the plan for/with them.
Understanding what dysregulates an ASC young person in school is also key. It’s not always ‘calm’ but predictability and understanding barriers to learning.
It’s amazing how often it boils down to ‘this is hard and I don’t like the feeling so I must control the situation myself’
It’s amazing how often it boils down to ‘this is hard and I don’t like the feeling so I must control the situation myself’
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Understanding what dysregulates an ASC young person in school is also key. It’s not always ‘calm’ but predictability and understanding barriers to learning.
It’s amazing how often it boils down to ‘this is hard and I don’t like the feeling so I must control the situation myself’
It’s amazing how often it boils down to ‘this is hard and I don’t like the feeling so I must control the situation myself’
The trouble with ‘evidence based’ is the idea that you can get the evidence in an RCT. That’s just not ethical.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The trouble with ‘evidence based’ is the idea that you can get the evidence in an RCT. That’s just not ethical.
Personally, I think it’s problematic that teacher reports don’t always hold the same weight as ‘professionals reports’
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Personally, I think it’s problematic that teacher reports don’t always hold the same weight as ‘professionals reports’
The real key being the child has to do it and be active in that process - there can be a lot of cross adults if we don’t respect the child in the use of learning accommodations, I think (I know)
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The real key being the child has to do it and be active in that process - there can be a lot of cross adults if we don’t respect the child in the use of learning accommodations, I think (I know)
To be honest, there are lots of things that are effective and one of the jobs the child has to do in the secondary years is to find the thing that works and develop that usual way of working.
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
To be honest, there are lots of things that are effective and one of the jobs the child has to do in the secondary years is to find the thing that works and develop that usual way of working.
It needs to be taught and practiced for a long time
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It needs to be taught and practiced for a long time