{"product_id":"not-refusing-unable-stephen-mallett-9798199294966","title":"Not Refusing. Unable.: The UK Parent's Manual for School Distress, EBSA, and the Way Through","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Where hope begins.\" - Matthew Ferguson, teacher and parent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen your child can't go to school, you don't need theory. You need the next move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a former Headteacher and SENCo (and SEN parent), this is the working UK manual for school distress and EBSA - with the scripts, evidence templates, and statutory routes (Section 19, EHCP, EOTAS) that force the system to act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf your child can't get out of bed, can't get in the car, can't walk through the school gate - this is the book that tells you what to do today, this week, and this month.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is deliberately not a memoir. It is a manual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Behind every absence is a story. Not of defiance, as it is so often labelled, but of distress. This book speaks directly into that space.\" - Rabbi Martin Taubman, forty years in education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHAT'S INSIDE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Sanctuary Home Protocol - a radical low-demand framework to stabilise your child's nervous system\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Won't vs Can't distinction - the language shift that ends the blame and starts the legal protection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Inarguable Evidence Binder - exactly what to log, what your GP needs to see, and what to send to the Local Authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Communication scripts - emails, meeting language, and responses to \"Notice to Improve\" letters, with the statutory citations already written in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 - the legal duty most parents do not know they can trigger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Parental EHCP Blueprint - how to apply directly, without the school's permission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- EOTAS (Education Otherwise Than At School) - the state-funded legal remedy, with case law and a costed package builder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Functional Skills, IGCSEs, BTECs - realistic qualification routes from home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Step-by-Step Deregistration Protocol - clean, legal, and protected from the SAO trap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITH FOREWORDS BY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabbi Martin Taubman, forty years in education, and Matthew Ferguson, teacher of fifteen years and SEN parent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHO IT'S FOR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParents of children of any age who can't access school due to anxiety, distress, autism, PDA, sensory overwhelm, trauma, or burnout - whether you are on day 3 or month 18 of this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't need to read it cover to cover. You need the next step.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStart here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom The SEND Navigate Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esendnavigate.org\/book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Mallett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199294966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Stephen Mallett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173627666687,"sku":"9798199294966","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-refusing-unable-stephen-mallett-9798199294966","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}