Category: Learning Disabilities

International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support – Issue 1, 2019

Issue 1 of International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support has been published.  This edition includes articles on the impact of a brief PBS assessment on four children with intellectual disabilities and their families,  a cross sectional study of trauma symptomatology among staff working with people with intellectual disabilities who present challenging behaviour, and a review of restraint, prolonged seclusion and segregation for people with a mental health problem, a learning disability or autism.

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Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England

National Audit Office, September 2019

This report assesses how well children with special education needs and disabilities are being supported in schools in England.  The report finds that the system for supporting children with SENDS is not financially sustainable and calls for the government to secure improvements in quality and sustainability which are needed to ensure value for money.

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