Access Undone: The Collapse of Special Education [trailer]

If you were to walk into any primary school and compared it to the classroom you might have sat in only a generation ago, apart from a big screen instead of a blackboard, the biggest difference you would see is the diversity of students in that room. One in four children in primary school have an additional need* and according to recent research over 45% of children with support needs are being failed in accessing their right to education. I have spent the last 15 years witnessing the slow collapse of services for children with additional needs in school. Join me over the coming weeks for 'Access Undone: The Collapse of Special Education,' where I explore what I believe is the 21st century’s educational scandal."

Sources: https://www.sensationalkids.ie/our-impact/facts-figures/ and https://inclusionireland.ie/news-events/department-of-education-removes-vital-resource-while-45-of-children-with-support-needs-are-being-failed-in-accessing-their-right-to-edu/

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Episode Transcript

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If you were to walkinto any primary school.
And compared it to the classroom, youmight have started only a generation ago.
Apart from a big screeninstead of a Blackboard.
The biggest difference you might see isthe diversity of students in that room.
One in four children in primaryschool has an additional need.

(01:02):
And according to recent research,over 45% of children with
support needs are being failed inaccessing the right to education.
My name is Simon Lewisfrom onshore dot Nash.
And I've spent the last 15 yearswitnessing the slow collapse
of services for children withadditional needs in school.

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Join me for access on done thecollapse of special education.
Where I explore.
What I believe is the 21st centuriesgracious educational scandal.