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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...
Education, health and care assessments
Douglas Silas outlines the process of conducting assessments for EHC plans
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
“Two households, both alike in dignity…”
In 2003, a school for children with learning difficulties produced a performance of Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare’s Globe. Now, after a decade of collaboration, Jon David reflects on the legacy of the partnership
SEN CAREERS
Adjust the job
It’s time to address the cause of the teacher shortage, not just its symptoms, writes Lord Jim Knight
Focus on speech and language therapists
Alison Hodson takes a look at the work of speech and language therapists
The right staff
Ian Hartwright provides some useful tips on how schools can attract and keep the best teachers
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting
CPD for ed-tech
Teachers need ongoing professional development, says Al Kingsley.
Technology can be a powerful tool in the SEND classroom, facilitating new and engaging ways for pupils...