Around 400 children with statements of special education needs are still awaiting a place in an appropriate school, ...

A total of 400 children in Northern Ireland with special educational needs (SEN) still remain without a school place ahead of ...

Northern Ireland is experiencing a crisis in special educational needs (SEN) provision, with many children waiting for school ...

The education of autistic children and young people in western societies has been heavily influenced by a medicalised ...

A shortage of staff to support young people with SEN (Special Educational Needs) who are about to leave school is "off the scale," the chair of Stormont's Education Committee has said. Nick Mathison ...

in Northern Ireland the equivalent plan is a Statement of Special Educational Needs. in Scotland it’s known as a Coordinated Support Plan (CSP). The most important thing is to understand how the ...

The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People ... "Ensuring that children with special educational needs and disability receive the support they deserve throughout their entire ...

MPs have urged the UK Government to rethink how it delivers funding for public services in Northern Ireland amid warnings about how the “crippling effects of underfunding” are affecting people’s ...

in part due to Northern Ireland’s recent history. “There are severe demands on the education sector, too, with SEN (special ...

That is one of the findings of a study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the National Council for Special Education ... Ireland. The volume of students with special needs ...