SEN in Ten
The SEN in Ten podcast offers practical advice and support from SEN experts.
The podcast features best practice for educating and supporting learners with SEN. Listen to discover a community of inspirational people who understand the challenges and rewards associated with SEN!
Episodes
85 episodes
Chatting with Taimur Khan
Darren speaks to Taimur Khan, founder of SENDSORTA, as he discusses helping parents of children with special educational needs navigate complex systems and access support through simple, step-by-step guidance.
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9:00
Chatting with Ginny Bootman and Dr Sarah Moseley
Darren speaks to Ginny Bootman and Dr Sarah Moseley as they share their journeys into special education, shaped by both professional experience and personal struggles with learning. They highlight the importance of lived experience, removing ba...
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10:21
Chatting with Helen Ross
Darren Clark is joined by researcher and dyslexia advocate Helen Ross, founder of Helen’s Place. Helen shares her own late dyslexia diagnosis and how feeling “wobbly” at school shaped her mission to challenge traditional measures of academic su...
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9:32
Chatting with Rachael Eyre
Darren speaks to Rachael Eyre, who shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with dyspraxia at age 10 and how it has shaped both her education and career. Rachael reflects on the challenges of school life, the coping strategies and organis...
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8:53
Chatting with Debbie Hayes
Darren speaks to dyslexia specialist Debbie Hayes who explores the deep-rooted links between literacy difficulties, school exclusion, and issues later in life, highlighting the critical importance of early identification, understanding co-occur...
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11:23
Chatting with Gee Eltringham
Darren speaks to founder of The Toolkit Therapists Gee Eltringham as she shares her personal and professional journey into supporting neurodiverse families, exploring the hidden impact of compound trauma, the importance of connection and brain ...
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11:42
Chatting with Bertrand Descours
Darren speaks to Bertrand Descours, Co-Founder of Lili for Life, an award-winning innovation that uses personalised flickering light to rebalance how the brain processes visual information in dyslexia, unlocking new possibilities for more comfo...
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9:42
Chatting with Katrina Cochrane
Darren Clark speaks to Katrina Cochrane, dyslexia specialist, assessor, and former Head of Education at the British Dyslexia Association, about her journey from English teacher to becoming a leading voice in dyslexia and dyscalculia, driven in ...
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7:51
Chatting with Joe Fernandez
Darren speaks to Joe Fernandez, CEO and founder of Alpaca, a spin-out from Trinity College Dublin focused on identifying children at risk of reading difficulties before they even start reading. Joe shares how early screening, data, and AI can h...
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10:15
Chatting with Simon Airey
Darren speaks with Simon Airey, teacher and neurodivergent consultant, about receiving an autism diagnosis at 46 and how it transformed both his personal and professional life. An honest conversation about late diagnosis, resilience, and turnin...
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9:19
Chatting with Nana-Kofi Okyere
Darren speaks to Nana-Kofi Okyere, founder of Sen Bytes, about his inspiring journey into the world of SEND. What started as an accidental role in a special school became a lifelong career dedicated to helping children, families, and schools na...
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9:19
Chatting with Simon Kitchen
Darren speaks to Simon Kitchen, from Dolphin Computer Access about how assistive technology is transforming access to learning for students with SEND. From reducing classroom barriers to building independence, Simon shares how tools are empower...
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10:34
Chatting with Jo Rees
Darren speaks to Jo Rees, former primary teacher, SENCO, and specialist dyslexia assessor, about the importance of trusting parental instinct, advocating confidently, and building positive partnerships with schools. She discusses why some learn...
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8:45
Chatting with Sally Arblaster
Darren speaks to Sally Arblaster about how her mobile classroom, Purple Spider The Learning Bus, uses multi-sensory, interest-led reading strategies and supportive environments to engage children, especially those with SEND, in literacy, empowe...
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10:54
Chatting with Dr Kathryn Gibb
Darren speaks to Dr Kathryn Gibb about the vital role of educational psychologists in schools, emphasising early intervention, whole-school capacity building and parent-teacher collaboration to support children with complex needs.
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10:14
Chatting with Chantal Bryan OBE
Darrren speaks to Chantal Bryan OBE from Teach Us Too who explains how her charity empowers children with profound and multiple learning difficulties to learn to read and write, emphasising the importance of seeing beyond labels, p...
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9:43
Chatting to Aada MacGregor
Darren speaks to Aada MacGregor, founder of AI Scholar, about using AI-driven personalisation to identify early signs of ADHD and dyslexia, tailor learning in real time and support both students and teachers through data-informed insights.
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10:20
Chatting with Doug Stein
Darren speaks to Doug Stein, Executive Inclusion Lead at The Outdoors School, about using a forest-based, project-led approach to support neurodivergent children who struggle in mainstream settings and how this creates a calming, inclusive envi...
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10:43
Chatting with Claire Walley
In this episode Darren speaks to Claire Walley who shares her journey from teacher to founder of The SEN Expert and discusses the urgent need for better SEN training, funding, and systemic reform to create a more inclusive and sustainable educa...
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10:03
Chatting with Beth Devereux
In this episode, Darren speaks to Beth Devereux, Professional Education Advisor at Elklan Training, about the growing need for speech and language support in schools, highlighting how curriculum pressures can hinder early intervention and argui...
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11:23
Chatting to Natalie Verbo
Darren speaks to Natalie Verbo, founder of Firefly Education London, about the gaps in support for families of children with special educational needs in the UK.
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8:35