My week at work: Confidence booster

Classroom assistant Maureen Farren talks about her typical week with children with severe learning difficulties Monday Begin escort duties at 8am and arrive at school in time for assembly. I have worked as a classroom assistant in Foyle View School in Derry, Northern Ireland, for 18 years - the school caters for children aged between three and 19 with severe learning difficulties. A lot of the children also have to deal with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy and visual and hearing problems,...