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SEND complaints soar in the past five years
'Lack of transparency' from councils during lockdowns.
Complaints by parents desperate to get help for their vulnerable children look set to double compared with five...
Alternative education for children out of school
Children being denied chance to thrive – Ombudsman reports.
Children are all too often being robbed of the chance to fulfil their potential, because some...
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
Book Reviews
Collaborative Approaches to Learning For Pupils With PDA: Strategies for Education...
The authors of this publication bring together experience in complex autism, emotional wellbeing, diagnosis and assessment and in training and consultancy across the UK....
SEN CAREERS
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting
STEM industries need disabled students
Victoria Cornfield, Marketing manager at FPE Seals, discusses the advantages that disabilities can have for work in STEM fields and advocates for more inclusive practices...
Stand out candidates
Hannah McDaid explains what special schools are looking for in teaching staff
Every special school is unique and staffing demands can differ greatly from setting...
Focus on speech and language therapists
Alison Hodson takes a look at the work of speech and language therapists
Speaking and writing quietly into the abyss: SEND and inclusion training for teachers
Dr Helen Ross discusses the deficiencies in teacher training and considers what can be done about the situation.
In recent weeks, my email inbox has been...
