Aug 7, 2019, Devon Live: New special school for students with social communication and interaction needs to open in 2020 https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/new-special-school-students-social-3184242 A new purpose-built school aimed at providing specialist school provision for students with social communication and interaction needs is set to open in 2020. Glendinning House Academy will be a new, special free school for children aged 7 to 19 years, with social communication and interaction needs including Autism Spectrum Condition. Located on the site of the former Haytor View Primary School and Children’s Centre in Sandringham Road, Newton Abbot, the school will provide 120 new school places for children who would benefit from a special school environment because of barriers to learning, which include sensory processing needs and anxiety….
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
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