SEN (Special Educational Needs) provision Reviews

WELL THIS IS A SORE SUBJECT AND CLOSE TO MY HEART. FAR HAS I AM CONCERNED THE GOVERMENT HAS LET DOWN ALL CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THEY CLOSE ALL THESE SCHOOLS WHO ARE EQUIPED TO TEACH AND BE TRAINED AND ARE GIVEN DAY TO DAY SUPPORT THAT THESE TEACHERS NEED. WHEM MY SON WAS AT NURSERY HE WAS UNCONTROLLABLE . HE WILL BITE KICK ...  Read the complete review

I do not agree with the comment above, laying out what this topic is about. Special Educational Needs is not simply aimed at, indeed is seldom used for, mentally disabled children in mainstream schooling today. There are still separate schools that teach children with a mental disability. The funding described above, that can take up to six months ...  Read the complete review

I really want to be told I am wrong here, that I am adding 2 + 2 and making 8. All feedback appreciated! My son is in year 3. He had recently moved schools, both schools in the state system. His new school is one of the top performing schools in the borough, according to SATS results and local opinion. His previous school was ...  Read the complete review

As a teacher of children with SEN (Special educational needs) in a mainstream primary school, and SENco (Special Needs Co-ordinator) I thought I should write this op to alert you to the massive uphill struggles we teachers have in order to obtain any extra help for children in our schools. These days, the by-word seems to be inclusion, ...  Read the complete review

Every time I visit Dooyoo I find interesting reviews on subjects I didn't exepect to find. The most recent was a sad and frustrating account of a contributor whose child is autistic and the difficuly of obtaining a special needs statement and the funding and care that goes with it. As someone who is a school governor and has ...  Read the complete review

If your child has recently been diagnosed with any type of learning difficulty, get ready for a battle. Getting a reasonable level of provision can be a nightmare, and some LEAs are very reluctant to budget for the education that your child will need. The next step is to get a statement. Statements are the responsibility of education ...  Read the complete review

As a Special Needs teacher I thought it might be useful to list some sites for parents as a source of information into finding out the process that schools and LEA's should be taking in identifying a child's special educational need. http://www.dfee.gov.uk/sen/ http://www.dfee.gov.uk/sen/parinf.htm THE JARGON: ...  Read the complete review