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Lack of learning-disability nurses in UK is an ‘absolute crisis’, says...
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is ‘consistently undermined’
The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is...
‘Misplaced fear’, not cost, is stopping employers hiring people with a...
Employers across the UK are being held back from hiring people with a learning disability by a ‘misplaced fear’ of getting it wrong, not by cost...
Home life is crucial to literacy development
Family routines and parental influence are the most important factors affecting a child’s literacy development, according to a new campaign by the National Literacy...
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
Parenting Asperger’s
Dorothy Gallagher recounts the small steps that helped her son negotiate school
SEN CAREERS
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...
Hiring teachers during a global pandemic
Recruitment is challenging and stressful at the best of times. When you combine this with the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic, it can...
CPD: is online better?
Most school staff prefer this way of learning, delivered by practitioners who are still actively working in education.
How often have you been sent on...
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting
Adjust the job
It’s time to address the cause of the teacher shortage, not just its symptoms, writes Lord Jim Knight
