Welcome to SLD-forum, the discussion group for professionals involved in the education of learners with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties. It is intended to provide a forum for the sharing of ideas, views and information and to encourage on-going professional development for practitioners, researchers and others concerned with the education of these learners.

SLD-forum is an open discussion group. This means that anyone with an interest in this area is welcome to participate in the discussions. All discussions will be publicly available and when you post a message, your email address will be visible to registered users.

SLD-forum is reactively moderated [ What is moderation? ].

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