Originally Posted by Osem

In the borough in which I live there are very many autistic children in mainstream schools both at primary and secondary level. Of course the more severely affected children tend to be in special units or special schools but as these continue to close, so it will be the case that more mainstream teachers come into contact with autistic pupils. Given the severe lack of SEN resources I wouldn't be surprised to learn that a school with no autistic pupils didn't have any staff trained to deal with them. Having said that anyone dealing with autistic children in the classroom ought to have received information about that child and have the basic skills sufficient for them to be able to cope with and adapt to their needs.