Out of the ordinary

So you want to work with special needs children? In the first of a two-part series Patricia Slatcher points the way in. Nursery nurses working with  special needs children tend to sum up their job as 'very demanding but very rewarding'. Provision for special needs varies enormously across the country, but there are basically four main settings to work in: Specialist schools or nurseries for blind, deaf, autistic, or severely physically or mentally handicapped children.  Settings attached to...