Teaching in fully-inclusive classrooms | The Staffroom

About this episode

Experts discuss research-informed support for children with rare genetic syndromes in inclusive classrooms.

Children with rare genetic syndromes are already in our classrooms, yet many teachers receive little training in how best to support them. So what does meaningful, practical, research-informed support actually look like? As the Department for Education gives renewed priority to children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), experts discuss their research into children with neurodevelopmental disorders. "Trying to be curious... not just the child and their different syndromes, but about their individual characteristics, curious about what information is already out there, curious about parent perspective as well... that's the key thing." Full show notes: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2026/jun/teaching-fully-inclusive-classrooms-staffroom-s06e07 More IOE Insights podcasts: https://uclioe.info/podcast UCL Institute of Education: https://ucl.ac.uk/ioe

People in this episode

Host: UCL Institute of Education

Topics covered

• inclusive education
• special educational needs
• neurodevelopmental disorders
• teacher training
• children with disabilities

Keywords

• inclusive classrooms
• SEND
• teacher support
• genetic syndromes
• neurodevelopmental disorders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Department for Education

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