Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) will be advised to co-operate with the resumption of services to students with special educational needs (SEN) provided there is progress on a range of further safety measures proposed by their union. Fórsa is to advise SNAs to co-operate with the phased resumption of in-school services…
Kenya: Special Needs Schools Struggle With Covid Rules | #specialneeds | #kids

Teachers, workers and administrators are having a hard time enforcing adherence to Covid-19 protocols among learners with special needs. Handlers of learners with mental impairment are the most affected, as it emerges that special schools are struggling harder to keep pupils safe than other institutions of learning. The worst nightmare…
Telemedicine improvements to live after Covid-19 dies | #specialneeds | #kids

Written by Kylea Henseler on January 12, 2021 Advertisement With vaccine distribution underway there may be a light at the end of the Covid-19 tunnel, but local hospital leaders say the improvements in teleworking and telemedicine accelerated by the pandemic aren’t going anywhere. “I suspect healthcare is going to be…
Yarrow Heights School planning a new Centre of Excellence for Special Education Needs in Southampton | #specialneeds | #kids

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdon, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A consortium of specialist education investors has acquired the former site of the Senior Department of St. Mary’s Independent School in Bitterne Grove, Southampton. The site has been renamed Yarrow Heights School. “The plan is to establish a new day school for pupils…
‘We feel forgotten’: special needs teachers on helping England’s vulnerable children | Special educational needs | #specialneeds | #kids
Schools in England have been closed to most pupils since the start of term, except for key worker children and those who are considered vulnerable. The government has said special schools must remain open to vulnerable children and children of key workers. Teachers working with children with special educational needs…
Coronavirus impact: How Mumbai school for students with special needs dealt with challenges of online teaching | #specialneeds | #kids

The biggest hardships, however, were faced by the teachers. (Image: TABIS)Coronavirus impact on education: As the coronavirus pandemic struck the world, global lockdowns ensued, forcing all organisations to begin working from home. The situation also remained true for India, and all offices and schools took to video conferencing and technological…
Beach cities school districts delay going back to campus until February – Daily Breeze | #specialneeds | #kids

Some South Bay school districts are pushing younger students’ return campuses to next month. Both the Manhattan Beach Unified and Hermosa City school districts will postpone the return to campuses of students in transitional kindergarten through second grade until February after Los Angeles County health officials urged in-person instruction be…
Educational assistants concerned about students with special needs returning to schools | #specialneeds | #kids

KITCHENER — Online learning will continue in southern Ontario until at least Jan. 25, but students with special needs returned to class on Monday. A group of educational assistants (EAs) in Kitchener started the day in the parking lot, refusing to enter the school due to COVID-19 concerns. Six EAs…
Former high school teacher turns OnlyFans model | #specialneeds | #kids

She’s making the internet hot for teacher. Former special needs teacher Courtney Tillia has substituted the puny paycheck she made in front of the chalkboard for a staggering six-figure income snapping sexy shots on OnlyFans. “I make four times the annual income I would make as a teacher,” the Arizona…
What Supports Will Be Offered To Children With Special Needs During Lockdown? | #specialneeds | #kids

With remote learning getting back underway today in our schools, attention is now turning to what supports will be offered to children with special needs. Education Minister Norma Foley will today meet with three advocacy groups representing these children and parents. One of the groups is Inclusion Ireland and their CEO Enda Egan joined us…