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SENCOs and teachers sought for epilepsy survey
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(SEN news)
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... what support is already in place in schools to support pupils with epilepsy, and see what else needs to be done.”
The survey goes live online on 20 February 2012 and its findings will form part of the ...
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Created on 03 February 2012
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Life after school
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(SEN articles)
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... learning, basic skills, vocational work-related courses, GCSES and AS/A levels, and they are available full-time or part-time. Students can find out about FE courses in their area by contacting local schools ...
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Created on 03 February 2012
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3.
Partners, not warriors
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(SEN articles)
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Geraldine Hills argues that schools must do more to include parents in decisions about their child’s education
I don’t believe any parents set out to create conflict, tension or misunderstanding in the ...
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Created on 03 February 2012
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Autism dance day announced
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(SEN news)
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... large numbers of special needs and mainstream schools across the country involved in organising dance events to raise funds for autism. The events will be open to all, those with and without autism, and ...
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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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Online course Leadership for Teachers and Trainers This course will help develop your strategic leadership skills and is aimed at teachers and leadership teams in schools including senior and middle ...
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Created on 02 February 2012
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Fighting ignorance: SEN in Bangladesh
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(SEN articles)
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... free therapeutic services.
School provision for special needs
At present, 55 special needs schools are run by the NFDDP through two separate non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Seven of these schools ...
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Created on 30 January 2012
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Sign of the times
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(SEN articles)
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... enriched by a willingness to embrace new experiences and ways of communicating with new people. Supporting deaf pupils As around 85 per cent of deaf children now receive mainstream schooling, schools ...
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Created on 27 January 2012
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Switched on to education
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(SEN articles)
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... schools are available from most educational suppliers and are increasingly available. Talking to the SENCO at school can help parents find out about the games and tools which already work for their child. ...
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Created on 19 January 2012
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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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Poor teachers face earlier dismissal
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(SEN news)
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Schools will be able to dismiss under-performing teachers much more quickly than at present under new arrangements announced by the Department for Education (DfE). Currently, it takes roughly a year for ...
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Created on 18 January 2012
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Someone to turn to
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(SEN articles)
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Joe Mulvihill discusses the role of peer mentoring in special schools
Peer mentoring is traditionally a one-to-one non-judgmental relationship in which participants are of a similar age or have ...
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Created on 17 January 2012
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12.
Making a mess of things!
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(SEN articles)
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... if not controlled. Beyond early Key Stage 2, play activities are all too often seen as being inappropriate. Those schools that make good provision for pupils with social, emotional and behaviour (SEB) ...
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Created on 17 January 2012
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Ofsted to tackle “satisfactory” schools
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(SEN news)
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Ofsted is to clamp down on schools that consistently fail to provide a “good” standard of education. Under new draft proposals, the school assessment category of “satisfactory” will be replaced with ...
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Created on 17 January 2012
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14.
Is epilepsy a hidden disability?
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(SEN articles)
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... more, in these days of increasing concern about litigation and health and safety management, the tendency is to focus on risk and risk assessment even in schools. While these issues are important, it ...
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Created on 16 January 2012
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Study seeks adolescents with Tourette’s
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(SEN news)
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... interview 35 young people with Tourette syndrome attending mainstream secondary school, their parents and school staff members. An online survey of 200 secondary schools will also be conducted. Called ...
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Created on 09 January 2012
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A sporting chance
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(SEN articles)
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... school sports scheme to suit the pupils, rather than trying to fit pupils into a pre-existing scheme. The National Curriculum for PE instructs schools to modify their study programmes to provide relevant ...
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Created on 06 January 2012
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DfE attacked over assistive technology
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(SEN news)
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... with Disabilities, claiming that it is “hugely optimistic”. He argued that many schools do not have sufficient knowledge of appropriate assistive technology (AT) to be able to cater effectively for individual ...
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Created on 05 January 2012
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18.
Not listening or not hearing?
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(SEN articles)
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... quiet one-to-one conditions but lack the necessary abilities to perform to his/her potential in the classroom. It is crucial that all schools are fully aware of the accommodations that can be made to help ...
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Created on 05 January 2012
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Focus on speech and language therapists
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(SEN articles)
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... clinic, health centre or children’s centre and some may do all their work there. Many areas now have dedicated teams which work with mainstream schools to help pupils who have more severe and long-standing ...
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Created on 05 January 2012
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Demand for radical change to the role of TAs
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(SEN news)
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Schools and teachers are allowing teaching assistants (TAs) to become the primary educators of children with SEN to the detriment of these pupils, according to a new book by academics at the Institute ...
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Created on 04 January 2012
