Why a Mushroom?
Great question – and one we love answering!
First of all, our founder, Karina, absolutely loves mushrooms! Here they are surrounded by every mushroom they own!
But the mushroom is more than a personal favourite. It represents how we think about our growing network of clients, families, practitioners, consultants, and schools.
Just like a mycelium network, SENs-Able aims to be far-reaching, interconnected, and resource-sharing – with visible fruiting bodies appearing wherever needs emerge and our consultants can make the biggest difference.
The Mushroom Model
We also use the mushroom as a way of understanding the education system and the experiences of people within it.
The Cap
It represents what is visible and experienced by children, families, and practitioners. In a school, this might include attitudes, communication, teaching practice, accessibility, and day-to-day interactions.
The Stem
It represents the structures that support these visible practices. For example, staff training and ideologies, policies, leadership and management practices, and organisational culture.
The Roots
It represent the deeper, often hidden factors that shape everything above. These might be budget restraints, legislation, staff wellbeing, research, socio-economic context, and wider systemic pressures.
Share Your Mushroom
We’d love to hear from you! Draw your own mushroom to represent your experiences of education so far - what is visible, what’s supporting that, and what’s influencing it beneath the surface.
You can email it to us directly, here, or share them with our network, here.
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