December 24, 2019
Reflections on the first term of Education is Special
The last few months have been a real voyage of discovery for everyone involved in the Education is Special project. At the end of…
December 12, 2019
Our term working on Education is Special
We are doing an oral history project called “Education is Special” with a man named Joe Peacock from CASBA. Joe is working in collaboration…
November 20, 2019
My Experience of School
One of the things that I like best about working on this project is that I have personal experience of going to special school,…
October 24, 2019
Half term progress report
Next week is half term, so work on training up our oral history interviewers will take a break. It seems like a good time…
October 21, 2019
My first two weeks on the project
Before working at CASBA, I had worked at SAtA (Solihull Action through Advocacy) for 10 years. The last project I worked on was the…
October 09, 2019
More new starters!
This has been the most exciting week yet on the project, as we had both another new group starting at Fox Hollies and a…
September 30, 2019
Training starts at Mayfield
The great news is that we now have two groups up and running. On Wednesday morning, I travelled to Mayfield School in Lozells to…
September 11, 2019
First session at Victoria School
I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at Victoria School for my first session. I had a few ideas about what to…
September 02, 2019
Welcome to our new Education is Special website!
Today is an exciting day for us on the project as we launch this new website. We are delighted to have this platform, so…