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There are many great benefits to being a special education teacher. However, there are a few challenges which need to be discussed and solved. Here are our top 10 challenges that workers in special education are currently juggling with across the school year.
Twice-exceptional students are children who are gifted and living with learning, or developmental, disabilities. Learn more about twice-exceptional children and find out how you can identify a 2E (Twice-exceptional) pupil.
For both new and experienced teachers, teaching children with special educational needs can often feel quite daunting. Here are our top 10 tips on helping children with learning disabilities.
For many teachers, parents and children, the idea of returning to school after months of coronavirus lockdowns and social change feels like the light at the end of the tunnel. However, the actual process of transitioning back to school for everyone involved may look and feel quite rocky, driven by insecurities about whether we will ever get back to normal again.
In this episode, Amy Allen, Founder of Senploy, and Steph Yates, Founder of The Butterfly Princess SEND Initiative, bring to life the job titles of Teaching Assistant and Support Worker within a SEND environment. Amy and Steph explain what's involved, the pathway to gaining relevant qualifications and the benefits of working in this type of position.
Children with ASD often have the desire to interact with others, but may not know how to engage appropriately and may be considerably overwhelmed by the idea of new social experiences. Social skills are the rules and traditional customs that drive our interactions with others from our families and wider society. Read the blog to find out more.