Green Paper on SEN - press release. Home » Press Releases - England - 9 March 2011. Commenting on the Green Paper into Special Educational Needs, Christine Blower General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said; “Local authorities play a vital role in co-ordinating provision of education for SEN and disabled pupils, backed up by high quality specialist advice. In the context of cuts to LA budgets the most vulnerable children will have access to lower levels of support. To suggest that the voluntary sector can step in to fill the gap is inappropriate. “Mainstream and special schools also need to be able to build on the strong networks of schools to share responsibility for the success of all children in their area.
“No teacher can be an expert in all areas of SEN. Green Paper: Children And Young People With Special Educational Needs And Disabilities - Call For Views - Consultation Results - e-Consultations - Department for Education. Secondary Special Needs - Understanding Autism | Teachers TV. School exclusions 'punish vulnerable children' Excluding badly behaved pupils from school should be abolished because it punishes vulnerable children, a report by a think tank says. Demos says current exclusion rules, which hand difficult pupils over to local authorities, affect children with special educational needs.
It suggests the child should remain the responsibility of the school. But the NASUWT teaching union said the report took "a rather simplistic view of a complex problem". The report's author, Sonia Sodha, said the current system only moves problems "out of sight and out of mind". The report, supported by the Private Equity Foundation, calls for difficult children to stay on the school register and be put on a tailored programme of support. Poor results It says more than three times as much is spent per child on Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) than in mainstream schools. The study, based on statistical analysis and workshops, suggests exclusion also does not solve behavioural problems and is linked to very poor results.
Secondary Special Needs - Inclusion and Autism | Teachers TV. Childrens Minister seeks views on SEN Green Paper - Home Education Forums. Ministers are considering how to ensure parents can send their child with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities to their preferred educational setting – whether that is a mainstream school, special school or an academy.
The plans were outlined today as Children’s Minister Sarah Teather called on parents, charities, teachers and LAs to contribute to the Government’s SEN Green Paper. The Green Paper, to be published in the autumn, aims to improve radically the entire SEN system and will cover issues including school choice, early identification and assessment, funding and family support. Ministers are considering a range of options, including how to Children with special educational needs and disabilities should have the same opportunities as other children, but the current system is so adversarial that too often this doesn’t happen. Parents should be in control of their child’s education and future. Further information. De59b4f3-3dc0-4737-bc2d-098265dc086d.pdf (application/pdf Object)