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Actualitte: Open letter to the publishing industry
Actualitte: Open letter to the publishing industry
Black History Month online
Black History Month online – Reflections on 2020by Suzy Rowland, Oct 2020 Growing up in a mainly white area of Birmingham in the 1970s, a child of 2nd generation immigrants with my kinky curly hair, brown skin, gap-tooth smile, and skinny legs, I couldn’t hide my...
Hashtag Press, Author School Author Panel, Suzy guest speaker. October 2020
Hashtag Press, Author School Author Panel, Suzy guest speaker. October 2020
Joining the dots around neurodiversity
specialneedsjungle – Joining the dots around neurodiversity October 2020
Early Years Wellbeing Week
9 Oct 2020 - Podcast: Early Years Wellbeing Week
Embracing your diverse workforce
Kingston Borough Business Magazine – “Embracing your diverse workforce” editorial by Suzy, October 2020.
Primary Times September 2020
Primary Times Article: S.E.N.D in the Clowns
How To Make The Transition Back To School As Easy As Possible
My Baba: How To Make The Transition Back To School As Easy As PossibleYou know the feeling when you come off a roller-coaster and your body thinks you’re still moving? Coming out of lockdown and getting the kids back to school will feel like that. For some of us,...
The School Run, “SEN learning survival guide”
The School Run, “SEN learning survival guide” Editorial by Suzy June 2020. If your child has special educational needs, supporting their physical and emotional wellbeing and academic progress at home during the lockdown and school closures offers its own unique set of...
Change career: meet the women who left successful careers to pursue a healthier work-life balance.
Change career: meet the women who left successful careers to pursue a healthier work-life balance. Stylist Magazine, features Suzy June 2020 Looking to change career in 2020? Would you consider trading in a higher salary and job security for a richer, more fulfilled...
Back to school for kids with SEND
Posability: Back to school for kids with SEND Suzy Rowland, founder of the #happyinschool project, and author of SEND In The Clowns (due for release on 1 Sept 2020), explores the challenges and emotions facing children with SEND as they prepare to go back to school....
Family Friendly Working – Is Back to School Brilliant for all?
Family Friendly Working – Is Back to School Brilliant for all?Just when you think you couldn’t manage another day of home-learning with your school-aged children, the Government has given the green light for the schools to re-open. You love your children but allow...
Suzy chats Songs of My Soul at Black Cultural Archives
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Is Neurodiversity the New Black?
Precious Online: “Is Neurodiversity the New Black?” – Editorial by Suzy, June 2020. On the theme of individuality, what does it mean to be black? The answer depends on where you’re at in your life, your upbringing and experiences. We share a commonality as black...
Things to do when your special needs kids are stuck indoors
Kiddy Charts : Guest post May 2020 “Things to do when your special needs kids are stuck indoors” Special educational needs is a broad term used to describe any disability that creates a barrier to a child’s learning; this can range from physical impairments such as...
Tips For Families of Children with Special Educational Needs
Tips For Families of Children with Special Educational Needs My Baba March 2020 It’s been a dramatic start to the decade. Perhaps this will be the decade of change and evolution we all need. Change starts with us as individuals and families. News of Covid-19 has swept...
You’re Jamaican, you love Bob Marley, right?
I grew up listening to Bob Marley’s music. In fact, I used to get a bit annoyed when people would expect me to like Bob Marley, because I’m black. In those far away days, Duran Duran and Teardrop Explodes were the tunes I was ‘jammin’ to! However, Bob’s music was...
Do you have a disabled child, should your employer care?
Diversity Q: ‘Do you have a disabled child, should your employer care?’ Editorial by Suzy Employers and employees have much clearer guidance on their respective responsibilities thanks to legislation and workplace regulations that are regularly reviewed. The Equality...
TW Talent online, Take Five with Suzy
TW Talent online, Take Five with Suzy Interview, March 2019. Introducing our new addition to TW Talent; Take Five. Over the last few months, I have been collecting the ideas behind the brilliant businesses that make the TW postcode such as wonderful place to live....
Book featured in My Ebony Box
Signing books at launch, OSO Arts, Barnes.
Songs of My Soul on sale at Black Cultural Archives April 2018.
Performing poems from Songs of My Soul and the Windrush poem, at Hampton Hill Theatre, June 2018, as part of Poetry Performance.
Guests at Songs of My Soul book launch, including Anne Warrington of Poetry Performance
Songs of My Soul launch - interview with Suzy Rowland
Songs of My Soul on sale at Black Cultural Archives April 2018.
Performing poems from Songs of My Soul and the Windrush poem, at Hampton Hill Theatre, June 2018, as part of Poetry Performance.