Catherine Vallejo Veiga @VallejoVeiga
Christian, wife, mum of boys, lactivist, linguist, lawyer and accidental SEND campaigner. Joined April 2018-
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Basically: don't be neurodivergent. I'm so tired of "politeness" being weaponised as some sort of proxy for "good" education.
Basically: don't be neurodivergent. I'm so tired of "politeness" being weaponised as some sort of proxy for "good" education.
Meanwhile week 37 (I think, might be 36 or 38 - I'm losing the will to live let alone count) rolls around chez Vallejo with still no final EHCP or even a sensible draft. Bodes well.
Wondering when any local council candidates will remember there's an election a week today and actually bother trying to earn anyone's votes.
Finally got around to watching #MrBatesVsThePostOffice. I've been following the Horizon scandal since 2018, but the drama brought out the depth of suffering caused. Now substitute subpostmasters for parent-carers and #SEND CYP and you will understand why I get so angry. 1/2
They'll be releasing this evidence they have that the DfE insisted on the confidentiality of the Safety Valve process then:
They'll be releasing this evidence they have that the DfE insisted on the confidentiality of the Safety Valve process then:
“Hysteria”? “Laughable”? There has been just one Safety Valve agreement published to date - one that was rejected by DfE because it wasn’t swift and harsh enough. Check out what’s in that document before you call concerns “hysteria”…
“Hysteria”? “Laughable”? There has been just one Safety Valve agreement published to date - one that was rejected by DfE because it wasn’t swift and harsh enough. Check out what’s in that document before you call concerns “hysteria”…
Deputy Mayor Asher Craig finds the genuine concerns expressed over the secretive and undemocratic handling of #SafetyValve 'laughable at best'. @SpcialNdsJungle @ChopsyBristol @CutScenesUK @stillawake
At Cabinet in March Asher Craig said she'd never seen major support at council for SEND and adult social care. Perhaps the utter contempt she and the Mayor treated me with tonight is why. Democratic spaces should be welcoming spaces. Thank goodness this toxicity is ending.
Parent: Bristol, please share evidence of the DfE telling you to keep Safety Valve a secret? Bristol: Err, they totally 100% wrote it in a letter which we definitely have… next question!
Plans are underway to commemorate the historic mayoralty of Marvin Rees with a new statue bristol247.com/news-and-featu…
Translation: “We haven’t seen any evidence, we haven’t asked for any, and frankly we don’t care. @educationgovuk has us over a barrel, so who cares if it wrecks some disabled kids and their families?”
Translation: “We haven’t seen any evidence, we haven’t asked for any, and frankly we don’t care. @educationgovuk has us over a barrel, so who cares if it wrecks some disabled kids and their families?”
These people are fathoms out of their depth. School leaders ask them basic, sensible, pertinent questions about the practical implementation of Safety Valve, and they get W1A-on-mescaline-level drivel in response
These people are fathoms out of their depth. School leaders ask them basic, sensible, pertinent questions about the practical implementation of Safety Valve, and they get W1A-on-mescaline-level drivel in response
Update from @henryshelford at @ADHDUKcharity: this afternoon @NHSEngland confirmed it’s setting up an #ADHD Taskforce which could be a major step forward for the care of ADHDers. Full details in the latest ep of You’re Wrong About ADHD, out on Monday on @GlobalPlayer @SamPittis
The cover-up/secrecy from @BristolCouncil over signing up to this special needs Govt 'Safety Valve' went on for months. The Schools Forum, where this would've been discussed, is usually open to the public & livestreamed, but from Sept it wasn't because of 'technical difficulties'
The cover-up/secrecy from @BristolCouncil over signing up to this special needs Govt 'Safety Valve' went on for months. The Schools Forum, where this would've been discussed, is usually open to the public & livestreamed, but from Sept it wasn't because of 'technical difficulties'
There should be a whole bunch of people resigning right about now.
There should be a whole bunch of people resigning right about now.
What's that, I hear you say? An embargo so important that the DfE, who allegedly required it, forgot to mention it? Care to enlighten us all further, @BristolCouncil and @MarvinJRees?
What's that, I hear you say? An embargo so important that the DfE, who allegedly required it, forgot to mention it? Care to enlighten us all further, @BristolCouncil and @MarvinJRees?
@BristolCouncil @educationgovuk To clarify SEND is not receiving one penny of extra funding. The funding is only for reducing a deficit already incurred. A council should not be making false statements during the election period.
Neuroteachers @neuroteachers
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@swinfan69 If you spend enough time characterising people you don't know as stupid and racist, they might just choose to ignore you.
@Knave_of_Albion Plenty. They just don't vote for a liberal party for the upper middle classes as it isn't in their interests.
@beardedjourno @adam_ldr @Samfr Might you consider spending Sunday constructing a Crispometer with all the results?
@BristolCouncil And yes, I have bought the crisps just for this. Outrage in the press room just now as ITV actually took a bag of salt and vinegar from the “council chamber” swingometer. He got the message pretty sharpish and put it back. #LocalElections2024
@VallejoVeiga @southwestehcp I would love an app that could ‘un word salad’ other peoples Comms!
@StuartBudd1 @MarvinJRees @alexlovelltv This. I was a huge advocate of the concept of a Mayor. But in practice, the biggest strengths of the system are also its biggest weaknesses, if you have the wrong person in charge. We had the wrong person in charge.
@MarvinJRees @alexlovelltv You were so bad at the job that Bristol voted to get rid of the mayor role. That is how bad you were.
@gfreeman2012 @TheWellsAcademy I can actually de-skill students as they cannot skim read and extract information as a whole.
@rachelbretta I am not against those who find it helpful using one. Have them on the teacher’s desk and take one if they want one.
@abbyaug There is no reason. It’s just a control thing except for the minority who might find it helpful
@abbyaug I have ADHD and it actually creates issues for me on all sorts of levels and in all sorts of ways- hard enough sitting at one desk reading ( nightmare for me)let alone restricting my reading like that. Nope. No. Doesn’t suit everyone!
@richmondie @abbyaug But that’s proofing isn’t it? One can look specifically for different errors using different filters. Even then most books have typos slip through. But it ain’t a universal panacea - although mechanistic and useful to monitor non-fluent readers it doesn’t help the more able.
@booksandwellies @richmondie If I were proofreading then I could see the point.
Can anyone explain to me why I should try reading with a ruler for a few weeks, even if it slows me down, when I love reading & have never been without a book since the age of about 6 years - I finish one & start another. Anyone?- bearing in mind that I have already said I am 73.
@LNS_MissJ @abbyaug How do you "know".. you obviously haven't tried it?! But yes, it will slow you down for a few weeks; then you may be surprised. But heck, close your mind and just criticise others.. it seems more important for you to do that
@abbyaug I’m a very fast reader with excellent comprehend and I just don’t read like that! My eyes are sort of taking in the whole page. It’s hard to explain but I definitely don’t read one word or even one line at a time. Even at 11 this would have torturous for me!
@abbyaug I’d read every book in the school before leaving infants. My untreated ADHD gave me a wicked temper and I would have been in isolation/expelled due to having my reading hampered like this. My sister struggles, she finds certain colours of paper help, not this hinderance!
@abbyaug Barry Smith has commented on the post. He likes it because it keeps everyone looking 'where they should'. He seems not to care that his trick for microcontrolling a class will be detrimental to individuals' reading skills. Control is what it's ALL about, not real learning.
@abbyaug What about learning as a joyful experience? Not much evidence of it in this photograph, is there?
@abbyaug Why is there no differentiation? I have many doubts as to the benefits for slower readers and this method would be intensely frustrating for fluent readers of this age, who would have scanned the page in seconds.
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