Surviving the Special Educational Needs System Format:Trade Paperback The fun characters in this

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Drawing on interviews with birth parents

Meet Issy - an 11-year-old girl with pathological demand avoidance syndrome (PDA)

Comprised of a printed manual and with accompanying online downloadable material

Surviving the Special Educational Needs System Format:Trade Paperback The fun characters in thisSome children's 'difficulties' do not present in an obvious way, which makes diagnosis problematic, and access to help unforthcoming. This was the experience of Sandy Row, who, after a decade of misdiagnoses and unsatisfactory explanations for her children's struggle in mainstream school, realised that her children had special educational needs (SEN) and began her long quest for help from the SEN system. Row's testimony illustrates how the special