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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...
Teachers fear for autism support
Teachers in England believe that access to specialist autism support is becoming more difficult. More than a third (35 per cent) of teachers say...
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Point of view: charity coordinator Suffering in silence
Selective mutism should be included in the new Initial Teacher Training Framework, writes Lindsay Whittington.
Recently, autism was included in the new Initial Teacher Training...
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 been...
IBEForuM hosted the Digital Learning Africa Summit to Focus on the Key Challenges of the African Education Sector
The Digital Learning Africa Summit, virtually hosted by IBEForuM on February 3rd – 4th, 2022, was a huge success with 4000+ attendees from 35+ countries. The delegates were...
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 staff
Ian Hartwright provides some useful tips on how schools can attract and keep the best teachers
Real world recruitment
The impact of SEN inclusion on mainstream teacher recruitment
The workload of teachers is increasing, as the growing number of children with SEN and disabilities...