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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...

How one Special Needs centre is adapting to a socially distanced...

Here at Calvert Lakes, we have been welcoming school groups to our residential outdoor activities centre in the Lake District since 1978. We focus...

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Literacy in the Caribbean

Setting up a new literacy project can be a daunting prospect, particularly when it's 4000 miles away from home. SENCO Jackie Day tells of one such project on two small Caribbean islands

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Parenting Children With ADHD

10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach Dr Monastra, is a clinical psychologist who is internationally recognised for his research on the neurophysiological characteristics of children...

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Adjust the job

It’s time to address the cause of the teacher shortage, not just its symptoms, writes Lord Jim Knight

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...

Switching to SEN

Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting

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

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...

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