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An exciting new charity partnership dedicated to helping families affected by Angelman Syndrome – and to helping fund research and treatment. Almost a year ago, in March 2023, we published an article here entitled SEND for Help!, which focused on the national shortage of SEN/SEND teachers – and the UK’s lack of specialist SEND teacher training..
What can we do about the SEN & SEND teacher shortage? As we leave behind what’s already being called the second ‘winter of discontent’, the coming spring offers little prospect of a thaw in relations between the government and the teaching unions. Of course, the dispute isn’t just about money and teachers’ loss of around […]
The National Deaf Children’s Society claims that most teachers don’t know how to teach deaf children. The findings of a survey it recently conducted showed that a third of the teachers participating in the study aren’t confident in teaching them. This raises the questions about whether there is a need for more training for teachers […]
With children back at school, teachers and support staff are rightly focusing on helping students to catch up on the work they may have missed during lockdown. But an important balance must be struck to ensure the needs of students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) continue to be met. That’s where teaching assistants […]