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Which is better Special Needs School or Mainstream?

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Which is better Special Needs School or Mainstream?

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In the UK, the current policy to include children with Special Educational Needs in mainstream where possible, the school should be able to access Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, etc even though she’s at mainstream. Some children thrive in mainstream with help, some don’t. It comes down to the individual child and the resources that are made available to support them. In some Authorities, mainstream schools can ask for support from Special Schools and in some cases a dual placement can be arranged, with the child spending some days at mainstream and the others at the special school but it depends on the child’s needs. Other mainstream schools may have a special unit (sometimes called a resourced unit) which specialises in either language or autism, which means the child can access specialist help and still in a mainstream placement. Ring your local council and ask to the Special Educational Needs section, they should be able to tell what resources are available to main

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