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Only 4% of disabled children can go to a holiday club...
How do you keep yourself entertained during the summer holidays? Perhaps you've been playing with your friends or you might even have been dropped...
Government failing disabled people, human rights watchdog warns
The UK government has been accused by a human rights watchdog of making "slow progress" in improving the lives of disabled people.
The Equality and...
Relationship and sex education curriculum for all
Rachel Coathup provides SEND teachers with tips and resources on delivering Relationships and Sex Education.
In 2015 a coalition of children's charities called on UK...
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
No families left behind : ‘A new paradigm in an archaic...
POINT OF VIEW - CONSULTANT
Tessa Philbert highlights the need for a change in mindset to enable professionals to fully engage with parents and carers...
SEN CAREERS
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...
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...
The right staff
Ian Hartwright provides some useful tips on how schools can attract and keep the best teachers
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...