All teachers should receive mandatory training to deal with pupils with additional support needs, according to a headteacher who won the Tedd Wragg Lifetime Achievement Award last year for her work in special education in Scotland.
Lorraine Stobie said the mainstream education of pupils with autism, Asperger’s and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had not advanced for years and teachers now needed specific training.
“I don’t think enough is being done to help children that are being taught in mainstream schools,” she said. “I really don’t think a lot of progress has been made in the last 20 years.
“We’re no longer in a position where there is quite a slim chance that a teacher will meet a child with additional support needs – that’s going to happen more and more,” she told The Scotsman.
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