School for children with special needs ‘thrown into chaos’ due to aerated concrete
Parents of children with special needs were called just days before the start of the new term to be told their school had to shut as it is fitted with
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Tag: Special Education Needs / Disabilities
Most complaints about special educational needs support, says councils watchdog
Children and young people are still being failed when it comes to special educational needs support, a watchdog has said as it revealed it had upheld the majority of complaints
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Survey finds ‘alarming’ near one in four vacancies in speech and language therapy
The chief executive of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) said it is “alarming” that a survey found almost one in four jobs are vacant across the
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Sir Sean Connery charity grant to provide support for children with dyslexia
The family of Sir Sean Connery are supporting a pioneering new project which will support children with dyslexia – a cause which was close to his heart. Sir Sean’s granddaughters
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Review finds ‘culture of abuse’ of children with disabilities at three residential settings
Children with disabilities and complex needs suffered “very serious abuse and neglect” at three residential settings in Doncaster, according to a national review calling for “urgent action” to ensure children
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Engage: The magic of touch – how deafblind people taught us to ‘see’ the world differently during COVID
“As someone who is severely deaf and completely blind, I felt overnight I had lost a third sense, my sense of touch. To make matters worse, people around me faded
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Campaign aims to boost number of young adults with SEND in work by 10,000
A new campaign will aim to boost the number of young people in work with a learning disability or autism by 10,000 in the next eight years. The charity DFN
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Growing number of NHS staff vacancies ‘impacting children’s services outside of hospital’
Children will face longer waits for help with autism or speech problems due to NHS staff shortages outside of hospitals, health leaders have warned. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers
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Children ‘robbed of potential by failures over suitable alternative education’ outside school
Children are being “robbed” of their potential because of failures by local authorities to provide them with suitable alternative education outside school, according to a report. The report, titled Out
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NHS ‘failing’ to provide proper communication for deaf, blind and disabled people
NHS services are “failing to communicate properly” with people who are blind, deaf or have a disability, a patient watchdog has said. Communication blunders range from deaf people being asked
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