The protocol for the Who’s Challenging Who? randomised controlled trial has been published, and is free to download from Trials: https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-017-2175-1

We have a new project with Edinburgh and Durham Universities – The Genetic Intellectual Disability Syndromes family Systems Study (GenISYS) – funded by the Baily Thomas Charitable Fund. http://www.genisys.ed.ac.uk/

Mairi Ann Cullen was invited by the UK Administrative Justice Institute to blog two updates for its members. Part 1 was about the effects of the ‘Recommendations pilot’ on Education, Health and Care Plan appeals to the First-tier Tribunal SEND. Part 2 focused on the positive impact of special education mediation on lowering likelihood of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal SEND.