Stanley, Peter2009-05-112009-05-112007Stanley, P. (2007). Forty or fifty something. Kairaranga, 8(2), 21-24.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2155Many teachers and human service workers are 40-50 years al age and this paper explores the formative influences, and the developmental characteristics, of workers who are presently middle-aged. This leads onto an examination of the importance of relationships and work to mid-lifers. In the concluding section of the paper, there is some consideration of the significance of having an older workforce for the success of the current policy innovations in special education.application/pdfenThis article has been published in the journal: Kairaranga. Used with permission.family work relationshiphuman developmentlabour marketlifestyleprofessional standardsspecial educationteacherJournal Article