Released The first Internet edition of our Directory of education provision for sick children is available here .
New format means a more dynamic and easily updated publication.
All individual entries can be found with a single click from the index page. A help system is provided, and there is also a web page for submitting updates and corrections. This edition was funded by the Department for Education and Skills , who have also supplied an introduction. Access to the Directory, which covers all local education authorities in England, is FREE . In Losing the Thread , children and their parents report on psychological and education problems brought about by lengthy or repeated absence from school due to illness.