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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...
Exploring the emotional factors relating to self-harm
Beverley Samways argues for a broader perspective when addressing self-harming behaviours for those with learning difficulties.
How we think about behaviour
I was with friends and...
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
Coming to terms with your child’s SEN
Jane Raca tells of her emotional struggle to understand and accept her son’s complex special needs
SEN CAREERS
The right staff
Ian Hartwright provides some useful tips on how schools can attract and keep the best teachers
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...
The right course
Effective CPD is not just good for teachers’ careers, it is essential if the diverse needs of pupils are to be met, says Chris Keates
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting