Category Archives: Learning, behavioural, emotional disorder

Special schools ‘a dumping ground’

Posted on 27 June 2011 by

Date: 27/06/2011 Source: The Australian, p6 Reporter: Justine Ferrari, National Education Correspondent Synopsis: Indigenous students are being enrolled in special schools for children with behavioural and emotional problems at five times the rate of other students, effectively segregating them from … Continue reading →

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TV Doco Outs Cruel Carers

Posted on 3 June 2011 by

Date: 03/06/2011 Source: Courier Mail, p 24 Synopsis: A BBC program has prompted the British Government to order a review after broadcasting footage of carers physically and verbally abusing residents of a home for adults with learning difficulties. Four people … Continue reading →

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Care home ‘abuse’ caught on film

Posted on 2 June 2011 by

Date: 01/06/2011 Source: BBC Panorama – http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/default.stm Synopsis: Police in Bristol have arrested four people after secret filming by BBC Panorama found a pattern of serious abuse at a residential hospital.

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