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SENDcast is a podcast for anyone working with or supporting young people with SEND. It provides offering free weekly podcasts and online CPD training.

March 2026

This episode highlights the key signs educators should look for, the national workstreams underway to improve understanding, and the actions schools can take now to support young people with PANS or PANDAS.


Access all areas of SEND is hosted by Emery Knowles Counselling. It is a podcast for anyone who wants to learn more about special educational needs and disabilities.

February 2026

This episode discusses why early recognition in education matters, how schools can play a crucial role in spotting signs and offering support, and the development of national workstreams aiming to improve understanding across sectors.


In the Pod is ‘where psychology, psychiatry, education, and real-world stories meet!’. The podcast is hosted by Psychology and Psychiatry Direct, the UK’s leading managed service for psychological and psychiatric expertise.

December 2025

This episode covers how Educational Psychologists can recognise PANS and PANDAS, and provide insight into assessment and collaborative support. If you’re an Educational Psychologist working with children whose needs seem to have changed dramatically and suddenly, this episode is essential listening


PANS/PANDAS Stories is hosted by our charity ambassador Jo Joyner and child counsellor Lucy McDonald. They meet children and families affected by the conditions, and interview experts at the cutting edge of treatment.

November 2024

Jo speaks with PANS PANDAS UK about helping children at school. The episode includes tips about how to speak to your child’s school, and information for teachers to understand how to support children affected by PANS or PANDAS.


Education Magazine is a series of education law podcasts created by sinclairslaw. They feature numerous experts and law professionals who aim to shed some light on these difficult topics.

April 2024

This episode examines the difficulties and challenges that families supporting children with PANS and PANDAS are facing with access to diagnosis and treatment. This podcast also explores the difficulties that some children are experiencing in schools, including some of the vulnerability factors that are leading to families being accused of safeguarding or fabricated illness accusations.


SEND in the experts is a Twinkl podcast all about teachers supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

June 2023

Georgina Durrant chats to Tina Coope, our Education Lead about the impact of PANS and PANDAS on children, the importance of spotting early signs and how teachers can support children with PANS or PANDAS in the classroom.

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Glossary

  • ADHD
    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • AE
    Auto-immune Encephalitis
  • ARFID
    Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
  • ASD
    Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • CAMHS
    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
  • CBT
    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Dysgraphia
    difficulty writing by hand
  • EHCP
    Education, Health and Care Plan
  • Emotional Lability
    Rapid, and dramatic changes in mood (for example uncontrollable laughter to crying)
  • Enuresis
    wetting
  • GAS
    Group A Streptococcal infection
  • NHSE
    NHS England
  • NICE
    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • OCD
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • PP
    PANS PANDAS
  • PPUK
    PANS PANDAS UK
  • PPN
    PANS Physicians Network
  • PPSG
    PANS PANDAS Steering Group
  • SENCo
    Special Educational Needs Coordinator
  • SIGN
    Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network to the glossary
  • Tic
    Sudden repetitive movement (motor tic) or sound (vocal tic) which is difficult or impossible to control