Mike Finlay

📢📢 CALLING ALL 📢📢 💥Individuals with SEND 💥Families of those with SEND 💥Educational leaders, teachers and practitioners! SENDvoices.co.uk Excited to share a new project, gathering the voice of those with #SEND and adults who support them. Do ask Q's & get involved!

Point of view: Goodbye to all that The term SEND is doing more harm than good, argues Mike Finlay, and we should stop using it to categorise young people. senmagazine.co.uk/personal-stori… #PointofView #inclusivesystem #SEND #SENDlabel #Education #acronymSEND @MikeJFinlay

⚠️ 'AI in education is neither inherently inclusive or exclusive; it reflects the values, assumptions and decisions of its creators and implementers' @MikeJFinlay buff.ly/mQMqxy5

⚠️ 'The use of potentially biased AI systems with learners with SEND raises several ethical concerns' @MikeJFinlay buff.ly/mQMqxy5

⚠️ 'AI's biases may result in technologies that misunderstand, overlook or pathologise neurodivergent and disabled learners' @MikeJFinlay buff.ly/mQMqxy5

@thewoodbug bsky.app/profile/mikejf… done...let's hope it remains as it promises!

@MikeJFinlay Many of us are on Bluesky now.

This platform no longer serves the purpose for which I joined it. I'm on LinkedIn if interested linkedin.com/in/mike-finlay… It's an increasingly worrying series of shouts on X now @elonmusk , not the discussion, research sharing and reasoned debate it once was.

@spellman_fiona @BlogSenco @sunderlanduni Such important work going on, led by @BlogSenco through @sunderlanduni . Well done @shinetrustuk for backing such a large, vital piece of work 🙌

"'Nothing about us without us': Gathering and acting on the genuine voice of children and young people with SEND." A blog post centred on the reason to, and 7 simple approaches to, gathering and acting on the voice of children and young people with SEND ourdiverseminds.wordpress.com/2024/12/07/not…

Hello! It's been a while. The 2,999 blanket is in tour of England 🙂. We will be extending the blanket to 4,191 to represent the daily equivalent number of reported suspensions and permanent exclusions 2022/23 (DfE). Who fancies crocheting a square? Let's keep talking ❣️

Do you work in a special school with a student council? Are you a SENCo, Head, senior leaders or generally awesome school colleague? Do you, or your child, have an EHCP? This is opportunity to raise the voice of children and young people with an EHCP 👇

Springwater School,Harrogate, are looking for new colleagues to join the team as we grow numbers to make provision for more children and young people with EHCPs. If you are, or know, someone who could be the perfect pupil support assistant, get in touch! uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e72…

@LifeLineABA Effective for who, what are the positive outcomes agreed by those who have engaged in that activity? Autistic children deserve the love and empathy afforded to non-autistic children. The research you allude to, is it informed in large part by autistic people? Where can I read it?

Did you know? Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is one of the most effective therapies for children with autism, supported by decades of research. Learn more at lifelineaba.com.

What might success look like in an inclusive future education system? #SEND #edutwitter ourdiverseminds.wordpress.com/2024/10/30/inc…

Calling all educators, experts, organisations, employers or anyone with an interest in our schools, the curriculum and how our children and young people are assessed. Help shape the future of education by taking part in our call for evidence 👇 consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-and…

@senresourceblog If SEND 'crisis' were replaced with 'opportunity', £1B would go a long way towards coproducing a system of high expectation, joint accountability & reduced expensive LA SEND admin. A plan detailing outcomes in which all schools make provision for communities within which they sit

Great to hear SEND mentioned in the budget! What’s everyone’s thoughts on the extra billion £ for SEND announced? #SEND #SENDTwitter

@SENDMattersUK Use to co-produce systemic change.Current financial wastage results from adult-manufactured,bureaucratic barrier & lack of system wide accountability.Let's not keep throwing good money after bad,keeping the knackered car dribbling along.Let's jointly choose to invest in a new car

An extra billion for SEND in the budget. Keen to hear what people make of that news

Creation of a system of education which works for everyone isn’t as complex as it might seem.Remove the current system, adults, existing debate & complex framework from the table & it becomes simple: Teach all children near to where they live ourdiverseminds.wordpress.com/2024/10/30/inc…

📣 Professionals advising/supporting families of children & young people with #SEND New dates are live for our SEND law training sessions, designed to increase your knowledge of the SEND legal framework. Explore upcoming dates and book your spot today 👇 bit.ly/4f4efy0

LAs and MATs CAN work with settings & one another to positively and collaboratively overcome barriers, including funding. Removing the barriers increases efficient use of time, makes more efficient use of available money & most importantly, sets the tone for better relationships

We CAN adapt curriculum, remove internal transitions, promote proprioception, adapt environment, flex policy and lead with positivity and conviction that our own schools will cater for our local community, whatever it takes.

So much can lie between a child and the provision which prepares them to live their best life.The barriers are almost exclusively adult created:EHCP process;environment;curriculum; policy; mindset; funding;league table.The solution is much simpler than the perceived challenge...