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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...
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Point of view: legal specialist
EHCPs: Why families need legal advice. This process is becoming more complex, writes Guv Samra.
In my experience, families often don’t know where to start...
SEN CAREERS
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...
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...
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
