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The SEND Navigate Library
Books for Parents Navigating EBSA, PDA, and SEN
Four books for the moments this site can’t fully cover in an afternoon of reading. Written by Stephen Mallett — former headteacher and SENCo, 25 years inside the UK school system, and a parent navigating this himself. Each is available in paperback and Kindle.
EBSA: The Morning Crisis Survival Guide
What to Do When Your Child Can't Get Through the School Gates
The tactical companion for the mornings that fall apart in real time. Not a book to read cover-to-cover before you need it — a book to open at 7:15am when nothing is working.
What’s inside
The 4 D's — a minute-by-minute crisis decision tree
The Partial Attendance Strategy for negotiating a safe path back
Ready-to-send letter templates for school and the LA
The UK Parent's Manual for School Distress, EBSA, and the Way Through
If your child can’t go to school, this is the book for you. Not late. Not refusing. Not "just anxious." Unable. The manual you open at 7am in the kitchen, when there’s nothing left to try.
What’s inside
The Sanctuary Home Protocol
The Won't vs Can't distinction
The Inarguable Evidence Binder
Section 19, EHCP, EOTAS — the routes that force the system to act
Calm, practical support for parents whose child experiences a persistent drive to resist everyday demands — written for the specific, exhausting logic of a PDA profile, not generic parenting advice bent to fit.
The Complete Legal Guide for Parents Navigating the SEND System
The Local Authority is counting on you not knowing your rights. This is the private advocate in your pocket — the legal guide for forcing assessment, fighting a draft EHCP, winning at Tribunal, and stopping unlawful provision cuts.
What’s inside
Force a Local Authority to assess your child — even after refusal
Read and fight a draft EHCP, section by section
Win at SEND Tribunal — and know when to appeal
Secure Disability Living Allowance using the 'Worst Day' framework
Books are sold and delivered by Amazon, and current prices are shown there. The free guides, letter templates and resources on this site remain free — the books go further for parents who want the whole method in one place.