Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 17 October 2018.
ALN and children with neurodifferences who may present in school with different sets of behaviours that perhaps could be a point that a bully decides to focus on. So, our new professional learning development, both in initial teacher education and continuing professional development for staff already in the school—it partly does address the ALN, because if we can get it right for ALN children we'll be getting it right for all of our children. The benefits of greater understanding, empathy and how we can deal with difference in our classroom—regardless of the source of that difference—actually help all of our children. I'm very pleased to say the initial feedback from Estyn, who are looking at our new ALN preparations and transformation programme, have been very positive about the developments to date.