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Wh a ts u p p o r ti sa v a i l a b l ef o rSE NDs t u d e n t s ?

Choos i ngt her i ghtc ar eoreduc at i ons et t i ngf orac hi l dwi t hs pec i al educ at i onal needsanddi s abi l i t i es( SEND) c anf eel ov er whel mi ng.

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I nt hi sgui de, Bec kyWar d, educ at i ons pec i al i s tatgl obal t ut or i ngbus i nes sTut orDoc t or , s har esanov er vi ewoft hes uppor ta vai l abl e.

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•T eac hi ngandl ear ni ng–Howar el es s onsadapt edt os ui t di f f er entl ear ni ngs t yl esorneeds ?Cany ous har e e xampl esofs uc c es s f ul SENDs uppor ti ny ours c hool ?

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•Wi derwel l bei ng–Howdoy ouhel pSENDs t udent s i nt egr at es oc i al l ywi t ht hei rpeer s ?Whats ys t emsar ei n pl ac ef ors uppor t i ngemot i onal orbeha vi our al needs ?

•Fut ur epl anni ng–Howdoy oupr epar eSENDs t udent sf or k eyt r ans i t i ons , s uc hasmovi ngupay eargr oupor pr ogr es s i ngt os ec ondar ys c hool orc ol l ege?

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Byknowi ngwhatf undi ngi sa vai l abl e, what r es our c est ol ookoutf orandt her i ghtques t i onst oas k, par ent sc anf eel empower edt omak ec onfidentc hoi c esf ort hei rc hi l d.

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As i def r omc os ts a vi ngs , t hes c hemec oul ds a v el i v es : Anypupi l e xper i enc i nganaphyl axi s —r egar dl es sofwhet hert hey’ v ebeen di agnos edasbei ngatr i s k—woul dha v ei mmedi at eac c es st o emer genc ymedi c at i on, pr ev ent i ngdel a yswhi c hc anc ont r i but ed t of at al out c omes .

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