SENDcast Spotlight – Welcome Danise B. Grant

Danise B. Grant, MD

SEND Parent Partnerships

Danise B. Grant, a former secondary teacher, turned SEND Advocate and educator. She is the founder of Panda’s Tree, the UK’s pioneering organisation dedicated to advocating for, educating about, and supporting the Black Down syndrome community; and one of the partnering members of the Black Child: Down syndrome Project.

She has over 2 decades in various educational settings including adult literacy, TESOL, and secondary education both private and public. However, it was her experience as a mother of a child with special needs and disability; that reignited her passion for advocacy and social justice.

Her current mission, SEND Parent Partnerships, revolves around championing inclusion and diversity within educational institutions where she works collaboratively with parents and institutions to get the best outcomes for their children with SEND who require special educational support. Additionally, she serves as a judicial official and a key member of a local authority SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) panel. More recently she started a podcast The SEND Sisterhood with another SEND mum; where they seek to expose some hard truths as well as the joys of SEND parenting.

Contact Danise:

Email – danisebgrant@gmail.com

Recent/upcoming:

Founder of Panda’s Tree – Black Down syndrome UK;

Co-host and producer of podcast – The SEND Sisterhood

MD of the newly created SEND Parent Partnerships

Partner on the Black Child: Down syndrome project