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Understand the special educational needs of children and young people with cognition and learning needs

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'Cognitive development’ from the Encyclopedia of Children’s Health.

Cognitive development is the construction of thought processes, including remembering, problem solving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood.

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Presentation

Click to read ‘Children’s cognitive development and learning’ by Usha Goswami in the Cambridge Primary Review Trust.
'Supporting Pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) in Secondary Schools’ from Nasen gives a quick guide to supporting the needs of children with dyslexia.
'Communicating with people with a learning disability’ from Mencap offers tips that can be used with children and young people.
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation has produced this document ‘Communication and challenging behaviour’ explains some of the ‘Common communication difficulties’.
'Helping children with Down’s syndrome to learn’ is an article from the Special Educational Needs website that includes a section on the learning strengths and challenges.
Click to read this article from Social Care Talk and watch the videos describing some of the issues young people with autism face in a learning environment.

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