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Autism dance day announced
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(SEN news)
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Anna Kennedy, autism campaigner and founder of Hillingdon Manor School, has announced the inaugural Step in the Right Direction Autism Dance Day for Friday 27 April 2012.
This new project aims to get ...
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Created on 03 February 2012
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CPD and training opportunities
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(CPD)
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... 12 TEACCH Five-day Course Newbury, Berkshire Inspirational and intensive course combining active learning sessions with direct, supervised experience working with students with autism in a structured setting. ...
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Created on 02 February 2012
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3.
The new science of autism in infancy
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(SEN articles)
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If autism emerges early on, why has research with infants and toddlers arrived so late, asks Tony Charman
Over the past decade, there has been remarkable progress in our understanding of the early development ...
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Created on 31 January 2012
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Out of Africa
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(SEN articles)
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... spend some time in the Hand in Hand community, a centre for abandoned children with disabilities, many of whom have autism.
A traditional Ghanaian view of disability is based on the superstition that ...
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Created on 30 January 2012
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Fighting ignorance: SEN in Bangladesh
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(SEN articles)
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... we have yet to conduct a comprehensive nationwide epidemiological study that would accurately portray the number of children and adults with debilitating neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. We ...
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Created on 30 January 2012
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Autism may be detected as early as six months
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(SEN news)
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Scientists believe they may be able to predict the future development of autism by measuring brain activity at just six months. A collaborative project involving some of the UK’s leading autism researchers ...
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Created on 27 January 2012
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MPs and peers consult on autism provision
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(SEN news)
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The views of parents and education professionals on SEN provision for those with autism are being sought by a cross-party group of MPs and peers. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, which includes ...
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Created on 19 January 2012
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8.
Designing for autism
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(SEN articles)
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Christopher Beaver guides us through the process of designing autism-friendly schools
I recently went to Denmark to talk to some educators there about a school they were planning for pupils with autistic ...
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Created on 18 January 2012
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Inside the autistic mind
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(SEN articles)
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In the final part of Eve Wilson's account of her son's autism, a single traumatic incident provides a fascinating insight into the workings of the autistic mind
It was Tuesday, 10:10am, and the phone ...
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Created on 09 January 2012
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10.
Show me the evidence
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(SEN articles)
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Does autism education focus too much on “good practice”, rather than “effective practice”? Tony Charman and Liz Pellicano investigate We were recently commissioned by the Autism Education Trust (AET) ...
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Created on 21 December 2011
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A profound challenge
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(SEN articles)
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... schools. Roughly a quarter of the school population has profound learning difficulties, with a mixture of wheelchair users and very ambulant children with autism. There are three curriculum levels: • ...
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Created on 01 December 2011
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12.
Are there reasons to be cheerful for the SEN resources market?
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(SEN articles)
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... conditions as autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). While many of these children are taught in special schools, the majority of those with SEN now receive the ...
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Created on 30 November 2011
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The changing face of SEN: 140 years of provision
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(SEN articles)
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... the services they offer. Some have set up facilities for children with certain conditions, such as autism, and many have fulfilled their objectives by extending the complexity of the people they work with, ...
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Created on 23 November 2011
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Parenting under pressure: stress and the SEN parent
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(SEN articles)
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... this can sometimes lead to despair. Jayne Hill, mum to Isabelle who has autism and severe dyslexia, says: “From the age of four, Isabelle had a statement, but when she moved to secondary school it was ...
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Created on 23 November 2011
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The trials of securing a PDA diagnosis
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(SEN articles)
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... autism team, after numerous meetings discussing why my son was failing to settle at school. He was in his second mainstream school, with a statement of 22 hours, and we were all tearing our hair out. ...
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Created on 21 November 2011
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Can teachers recognise SEN in bright pupils?
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(SEN articles)
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Teachers didn’t understand my bright sons’ ASD, says Tania Tirraoro Both my sons, Giorgio aged 12 and Luca, 13, have Asperger’s syndrome, and both are extremely intelligent. Luca, however, struggled ...
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Created on 21 November 2011
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Can Achievement for All deliver progress for children with SEN?
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(SEN articles)
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... 2011) have already demonstrated a huge impact on attainment, with children with high functioning autism, Asperger’s, dyslexia and other developmental problems progressing, on average, three to four assessment ...
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Created on 21 November 2011
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How to manage Tourette's in the classroom
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(SEN articles)
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... learning models. Though children with Tourette's exhibit normal intelligence patterns, there is, however, an increased prevalence of Tourette's in children with learning difficulties or autism. ...
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Created on 16 November 2011
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Asperger's and the route to work
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(SEN articles)
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Entering the world of work can seem like a forlorn hope for many young people with SEN, but Naj Modak tells the story of one young man for whom Asperger's has been no barrier to fulfilling his dream ...
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Created on 15 November 2011
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How can we tackle bullying of those with SEN?
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(SEN articles)
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... and communication skills, and even subtle differences in ways of communicating, can lead to social isolation. For example, a child with autism may find it harder to interact socially with their peers, ...
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Created on 14 November 2011
