You Don’t Have to Fight Alone: Navigating SEN Support for Your Neurodiverse Child

About this episode

This episode provides a compassionate guide for parents navigating the SEN system for their neurodiverse children, featuring insights from SEN advocate Rebecca Gray.

You Don’t Have to Fight Alone: The Truth About SEN Support (and Your Rights as a Parent) I keep hearing the same thing from parents lately: “I feel like I have to become an expert overnight… just to get my child the support they need.” And honestly? They’re not wrong. This week on the ADHD Women's Wellbeing Podcast, Kate is joined by Rebecca Gray , a SEN advocate and parent who has lived every step of the journey she now helps others navigate. This episode covers something so many parents of neurodiverse children desperately need: a clear, compassionate guide to understanding the SEN system, knowing your rights, and learning how to fight for the support your child is legally entitled to, without feeling like you have to do it all alone. Rebecca speaks openly about her own experience advocating for her children within a complex and often challenging education system. Her approach is grounded, warm, and a reminder that knowledge is power, and that parents deserve to feel equipped, not exhausted. In this episode, we explore: What a SEN advocate is and their role in securing educational provisions for children Rebecca's experience of becoming a qualified SEN advocate and how SEN law…

People in this episode

Host: Kate Moryoussef

Guest: Rebecca Gray

Topics covered

• SEN support
• neurodiverse children
• parent advocacy
• education system
• parent rights
• EHCPs

Keywords

• SEN advocate
• neurodiversity
• educational provisions
• parent support
• EHCP
• advocacy
• education rights

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