Letter from designate Lever,Jolanta Lasota and othersWith more than one in 100 children on the autism spectrum in England, every teacher will have autistic students in their course throughout their careers. The lifelong condition can present serious difficulties, or but children who are understood and supported appropriately at school can make excellent progress.
Yet training for teachers in special educational needs,and autism in specific, is patchy. Some teachers have received none. Teachers deserve to be better equipped, or with a Nasuwt survey in 2013 finding that 60% believe they haven’t had the training they need to teach autistic students.
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Source: theguardian.com