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Lack of learning-disability nurses in UK is an ‘absolute crisis’, says...
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is ‘consistently undermined’
The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is...
‘Misplaced fear’, not cost, is stopping employers hiring people with a...
Employers across the UK are being held back from hiring people with a learning disability by a ‘misplaced fear’ of getting it wrong, not by cost...
An unpredictable condition
Chloe Tear looks at how cerebral palsy can affect people very differently from one day to the next
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
Point of view: Filmmaker
Autistic 28 year-old Samuel Turner has been making videos for more than a decade.
Well, it's a long story. When I was eleven years old...
SEN CAREERS
Hiring teachers during a global pandemic
Recruitment is challenging and stressful at the best of times. When you combine this with the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic, it can...
Stand out candidates
Hannah McDaid explains what special schools are looking for in teaching staff
Every special school is unique and staffing demands can differ greatly from setting...
The right staff
Ian Hartwright provides some useful tips on how schools can attract and keep the best teachers
Focus on speech and language therapists
Alison Hodson takes a look at the work of speech and language therapists
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting
