Contact CEO Anna Bird has appeared on Sky Breakfast to call on the government to ensure all children in England who need it have a legal guarantee of support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Anna also called for teachers to receive a comprehensive package of training to teach children with SEND. And she said that schools must have access to specialist support like education psychologists and speech and language therapists.
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