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Supportive communication
A girl in a specialist chair and her teacher with a water spray

'The new wave of children with complex learning difficulties and disabilities (CLDD) entering schools in the UK has brought with it new challenges to the families that are far beyond those experienced by families of children with more traditional disabilities...

The parents and carers of children with CLDD are truly pioneers, charting new pathways in raising their child... The demands on parents mean that they have been required, as one teacher said, to 'parent beyond their capacity'. What we are seeing are children of whom even the most experienced professional has little or no experience.


Carpenter, 2010