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          • Person centred review
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          • Single route of redress
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    • Early years
      • Identifying SEND in the early years
      • What is expected in the early years
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      • General requirements for schools
      • Schools and hearing impairment
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      • Different types of special educational needs
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          • Masters Level Qualification: Teaching and Assessing Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)
        • Specific learning difficulties (Dyspraxia)
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        • Social, emotional and mental health difficulties
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        • Mental health course
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        • Thinking about independence
      • Planning for good health
        • Some things to think about
        • Who can help?
      • Staying safe
        • Some more things to think about
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        • Request a transition assessment
        • Things to think about
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