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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...
Learning outside the classroom in unprecedented times
During Covid-19, ‘Learning outside the classroom’ has come to mean something entirely different. Simon Brent and Catherine Brennan explore the ways in which this...
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
What use diagnosis?
A little knowledge goes a long way towards helping those with SEN as they progress through life, says “Abdul”
SEN CAREERS
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...
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
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
Adjust the job
It’s time to address the cause of the teacher shortage, not just its symptoms, writes Lord Jim Knight