January 2015 – Barry Carpenter Education

The Routledge Companion to Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

The book contains a myriad of topics and themes, from learning contexts and understanding difficulties through to curriculum development and issues in teaching and learning. The overall context is one of services and families working together to ensure the best education and care possible.

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The Routledge Companion to Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

A Tribute to my dear friend and colleague, Dr Penny Lacey, Senior Lecturer in Special Education, University of Birmingham.

The tribute below will appear shortly in the next issue of “ PMLD Link.”

A Tribute to Penny

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder debated in the UK Parliament.

Watch the video to the debate initiated by NOFAS-UK in the Houses of Parliament and experts responses to the recent court case challenging whether heavy drinking in pregnancy should beconsidered as a mother’s crime against her fetus. The Court of Appeal ruled that the fetus cannot be the victim of a crime. As controversial as the debate was, more importantly, it made people aware of the dangers of drinking alcohol in pregnancy.

As a caveat it is worth noting that in Norway the Foetus is accorded status , and has legal rights.

FASD Debate