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The ‘Wicked’ problem of SEND: A time for change?
The current minister Will Quince is in a hurry to push through this review of the SEND system with its stated purpose of ‘problem diagnosis, identifying opportunities and potential solutions’. As briefly put together in my own blog, and elaborately set out in numerous reports over the last decade and more, the SEND system is…
Why is the SEND system so adversarial? Part Two; the Local Authority angle.
If we agree from Part one of this Blog, this is a more complicated story and not one of protagonists and antagonists, then maybe a slight insight into local authorities will also help. What about Local Authorities? Their role, workforce’s actions and behaviours are guided by the law being interpreted locally via policy and criteria,…
Why is the SEND system so adversarial? Part One; Parents angle
When we see charity adverts looking to raise money with earnest parents of children with needs or media portraits of caring workforce in the SEND sector as ‘heroes’ , then this all looks a bit utopian and mum’s apple pie. The reality for some is dystopian and adversarial, where there are Davids and Goliaths battling…
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