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Teachers report limited or no training to support neurodivergent pupils, new study finds

Nearly 25% of teachers report receiving no training on how to support neurodivergent pupils, and most of those who did describe it as brief and limited in scope, according to new research from York St John University and the University of Surrey. For the study, published in Neurodiversity, researche...

Teachers report limited or no training to support neurodivergent pupils, new study finds
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Nearly 25% of teachers report receiving no training on how to support neurodivergent pupils, and most of those who did describe it as brief and limited in scope, according to new research from York St John University and the University of Surrey. For the study, published in Neurodiversity, researchers surveyed 177 teachers and support staff in mainstream schools in the U.K. about their experiences of working with neurodivergent pupils.

Originally published at Phys.org

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