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Struggling to learn: 'It's like coming out of the fog, you can see each child clearly'

Simon Collins
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Struggling to learn: 'It's like coming out of the fog, you can see each child clearly'
Struggling to learn: 'It's like coming out of the fog, you can see each child clearly'
The final part of our three-part series on children who are "wired differently" asks: How can we do better?

When Massōne Tutauha felt a meltdown coming on at Pembroke School in Taranaki, he could retreat into a tent.

"They have this little sensory tent in the classroom, filled with cushions. They put it in specially for him," said his mum, Bex Tutauha, soon after he started there.

"The school

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