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Home Education for a Disabled Child

Home Education for a Disabled Child
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  • Home Education for a Disabled Child
  • Duration: 01:45
  • Alesha Robertson has a condition so rare that doctors do not even have a name for it. Until recently she attended a special needs school but as her parents do not feel that the school is adequately meeting her needs, they have decided to educate her at home. Her parents have now been called to a child protection conference. They question why other parents are able to educate their children at home and they are not.
  • Subject:

    Society Health and Development

       Topic:

    Children and Young People

  • Keywords: Discrimination, education, home schooling, special needs, special educational needs, child protection, condition
Ideas for use in class
  • Follow up from the clip to find out the outcome. Research in the locality for numbers of children involved in home schooling. Are numbers increasing or decreasing? What are the possible causes of parents removing their children from the education system? Activities around the history of education/special educational needs.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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