Bewildered by SEND rules? Worried about upcoming changes?

This is Parenting Off Script where I - Kate Gresswell-Pettitt - discuss my experience of trying to cast off the expectations and parent my own way.

In this episode, I'm joined again by my co-parent Arlen, this time we're at home and chatting through the Government's Schools White Paper and proposed SEND provision reforms.

You can read the new White Paper here, and you can respond to the consultation here until 18th May 2026.

Tired of explaining things to older relatives? Having to mute the #blessed parents group chat?

This is Parenting Off Script where I - Kate Gresswell-Pettitt - discuss my experience of trying to cast off the expectations and parent my own way.

In Episode 3 I speak to Tony Addison. Tony helps organisations create sustainable high-performance environments by working with business leaders who are parents of children with neurodiversity or disability. He’s an executive coach, consultant and speaker, and has held senior roles in the Civil Service and Macmillan Cancer Support.

We talk about his lived experience as a parent of a child with SEN, and growing up and forging a career with Upper Limb Difference. We also discuss masking, psychological safety and the ‘inauthenticity tax’ that comes with not being able to be yourself in a work setting.

You can find out more about Tony and his work on his website or via his LinkedIn.

Read every parenting book but none of it applies to you? Tired of social media accounts making it all sound so easy?

I’m Kate Gresswell-Pettitt and this is Parenting Off Script, where I discuss my experience of parenting with neurodiversity in the house!

In Episode 2, I’m joined by my partner Arlen and Producer Heywood to talk about education, and how traditional settings often just don’t work for children with special educational needs or disabilities.

When he’s not on my podcast or doing the school run, Arlen is a writer, researcher and policy expert, and in our discussion he talks about his research into the use of suspensions in primary schools and the shocking statistic that more than 80% suspensions go to SEN pupils.

You can read that research here and find out more about Arlen’s work in his newsletter.