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If mainstream schooling has stopped feeling workable, it’s completely valid to look at other routes. Children evolve, and their learning needs evolve too, and the environment around them has to adapt with them. When it doesn’t, families are left trying to hold everything together without the right support.

Whether that happens through in‑person tutoring, online emotional support, or a blend of both, mentoring can be a powerful anchor. As our Q&A with MindJam shows us so clearly, the right relationship can make all the difference.

Young people entering the workforce today have grown up watching adults fight for EHCPs, reasonable adjustments, and basic recognition of needs. They’ve seen support dismissed as “special treatment.” They’ve seen teachers misunderstand processing differences. They’ve seen parents exhausted by advocacy.

Every year, between 250,000 and 500,000 people sustain a spinal cord injury, according to the World Health Organization. Many lose partial or full use of their hands. Suddenly, everyday digital tasks like sending a message, writing an email, navigating a website, become complex, exhausting, or impossible.

Children with dysgraphia often know exactly what they want to say, but getting it onto the page is the hard part. That’s why games, movement, and multisensory activities are so powerful: they strengthen the foundations of writing without the pressure of producing perfect handwriting.

Parenting a child with ODD can feel isolating, overwhelming, and relentless. Remember, you are not failing. You are navigating something incredibly complex with love, persistence, and courage. You don’t have to do it alone.

To explore this on a deeper level, we spoke with Jenny Sandler, a specialist autism and ADHD educator, consultant, and advisor supporting children, parents, and schools.

This new novel is classed as fiction, but it speaks the truth many families know all too well.

Both Navigating NonSENse and SEND Tutoring began with the same realisation that the system wasn’t built for children who learn differently.

Being outdoors lowers cortisol. It reduces heart rate and muscle tension. It gives the brain a break from the sensory overload of classrooms, corridors, and crowds. For neurodivergent learners, who often live with heightened sensory sensitivity, this shift can feel like stepping out of a storm.

Parents often describe mornings filled with panic attacks, meltdowns, or physical symptoms like stomach aches and headaches. These are not excuses; they are genuine signs of distress.

For most travellers, the risk of their legs being “lost” doesn’t exist, but for wheelchair users, losing or damaging a mobility device can ruin an entire trip or even leave them stranded.