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JOHN GREEN recommends a useful how-to guide for teaching children with special needs, aimed at those working in education
SOLIDARITY: Parents, activists and special needs assistants protest outside the Department of Education in Dublin, to call for enough school places to be provided for children with additional needs to meet the demand, as many have been left without a place ahead of the coming academic year, August 23, 2024.

The SEN handbook – how to do SEN the right way
Greg Higman, Self published, £12.99

 

GREG HIGMAN has been a teacher with a great deal of experience in teaching children with Special Educational Needs and in advising others.

His book is a how-to guide in approaching this complex subject. It is, however, aimed at those working in education rather than the general public. 

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