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    Hi Emma,

     

    this bit feels wierd, sitting waiting for results to come back before now I have had the next module to look forward to but this time I have....nothing to do, for the first time in nearly 4 years!!!

     

    I know exactly how u feel, well i kind of do! I cant believe after may the 16th I am not going to have to do anymore essays for 5 months! In september I am HOPING to do a masters in SEN'S. (all depending on if i graduate with the lecturers strike going on).

     

    I hope you have been putting your feet up! It is weird, we have to sit infront of the computer for hours and hours doing our essays/dissertation and even when we have finished we are still online! LOL!

     

    What was your area of study in? when will you be getting your results?

    Well done again.

    Emma

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    Dear all,

    Sorry to keep asking you soo many questions but I am writing up my dissertation introduction and I need to find a quote which says that LEA'S are not supporting parents with SEN kids and they are not abiding by the law by forming equal partnerships with parents. Does anybody know where I can find any information on LEA'S not supporting parents?

     

    thanks soo much.

    Emma

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    I think that this is what you are talking about Emma.

     

    Oracle

     

    Minister defends special needs school policy

     

    Press Association

    Thursday February 17, 2005

    The health minister Stephen Ladyman today defended government efforts to cater for children with special educational needs.

    Mr Ladyman insisted that the government does not have a policy to close special schools, although it believed that most children with special needs can be helped most effectively within mainstream education.

     

    He made his remarks the day after Maria Hutchings, the mother of an autistic child, took the opportunity as a member of the studio audience for a live televised interview to harangue the prime minister, Tony Blair, over the closure of special needs schools.

     

    Mr Ladyman urged parents to subject local authorities to careful scrutiny to ensure that when their children were placed in mainstream schools, they get the support they require.

     

    He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We have always made it clear that although generally speaking educationalists believe that mainstream education is better, it should be based on the needs of each individual child and the wishes of the parent should be a very important factor in deciding which school a child goes to.

     

    "The first thing we have to get right is spotting autism much earlier, intervening earlier, and then making choices which are dependent on the needs of each individual child."

     

    He added: "What each education authority has a duty to do is to review its balance between its special school provision and its mainstream provision and make sure it has got the right number of places for its local population.

     

    "That of course always leads to these difficult arguments about rationalising special schools in some cases. But that is not a policy of the government, to close those special schools. Those are decisions taken by local education authorities, sometimes mistakenly possibly, but with the best of intentions, to get the right balance between the needs of their population and provision."

     

    Mr Ladyman acknowledged that schools do not always succeed in identifying and providing the correct support.

     

    "It doesn't happen all the time. I encourage people who are having this experience to download from the Department for Education [and Skills] website a copy of their best practice guidance and use their experience to judge the way that their local education authority is behaving.

     

    "It is only by learning, from comparing actual practice with best practice guidance, that we can improve the situation in all local education authorities so that children do get the support they need in mainstream schools when that is the decision that has been taken for them."

     

    But the shadow education secretary, Tim Collins, told the programme he believed the government's policy of including special needs children in mainstream schools has gone too far.

     

    Mr Collins said: "I think it is clear that the present policy, of a very strong presumption in favour of inclusion, is not working.

     

    "That is why we are advocating both dropping that presumption, imposing a moratorium on the closure of special schools, and I think we also need to look at the whole statementing process, because many parents feel they have to fight to get the treatment for their children. That can't be right."

     

    Hi,

    Thank u soo much for your help! I really really appreciate it.

    Emma

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    Hi all,

    A few weeks back a few of you mentioned the quote made by Dr Ladyman which stated that "parents must police their LEA'S". I am including the quote in my dissertation but I am stuck because I dont know where the quote came from and also the date? Does anybody know of the correct source for the quote?

    Thanks soo much

    Emma

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    Hi all,

    I have nearly finished writing my conclusion and I thought you might want to see one of the last paragraphs I have come up with!!!!!

    Some parts mite not make perfect sense as I have not proff read it yet.

    Let me know if u have any comments.

    Thanks

    Emma

     

    Although the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, stated that the government is ?committed to ensuring that the differing needs and wishes of parents and children with special needs are met appropriately." (Guardian, 2001). The results from this study and the literature review indicate that for many parent?s this is far from being a reality. As in the case of Maria Hutchings (2006) who challenged the Prime Minister live on TV in March 2005 about parent?s with SEN children?s, needs and wishes being totally ignored by schools, LEA?s and the government. Although, the Prime Minister promised Maria that he was going to deal with the issues raised by her in relation to parent partnerships involved in the educational system for children with special needs, in person, a year has since passed and Tony Blair has done absolutely nothing. (Hutchings, 2006).

     

    Although, there are many LEA?S and schools which have formed effective partnerships with parents of SEN children and they provide effective support for families with SEN children, it could be argued that it is little wonder why many schools and LEA?s do not obey the law and form equal partnerships with parents of SEN children when the leader of their government out rightly breaks the law himself by not making sure parent?s needs, voices and opinions are listened to and acted upon.

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    Hi all,

    I was just wondering if anyone knows of any laws or pieces of legislation which says that parents with SEN children have rights and they must be able to form effective communication networks with their children's schools and LEA'S? I am currently in the middle of doing the conclusion for my dissertation and from the data I have collaborated it highlights that the government and LEA'S are breaking the law because parents are not being listened to and they are unable to form effective partnerships with educational services because they are often seen as pests and nuisances.

     

    If anybody could point me in the right direction of some laws then I would really really appreciate it!!!!!!!

    Thank u so much.

    Emma

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    That's an easy one to answer Emma. Be open about it and find other parents to talk to either in person or through the Net on forums such as this. Knowledge is a powerful weapon in our armoury. :ph34r: Forums like this make sharing what we have learnt, often through trial and error, available to others. :clap: We can share this knowledge and help others go into battle armed to the teeth with the relevant acts and associated rights and make them listen to us :devil: . Schools and LEAs treat many parents as ignorant of things 'education' :shame: and think that they can simply walk all over us, well not if we know what our kids are entitiled to they can't! :angry:

     

    GOOD FOR U!!!!!!

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    Hi everyone,

    I am currently in the middle of finishing the data analysis section for my dissertation, but I need your help.

    Would you be able to comment on the following question?

    What changes would you make to the current educational system we have for parents?

    eg listen to parents, communicate with parents, LEA'S help and support parents rather than thinking they are the experts. Listen to parents so that they do not have to go to a tribunal court to fight for their children's right and needs being met.

     

    Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks

    Emma

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    Hi guys,

    I am currently in the middle of writing up the completed questionnaires that you all filled in and I have just had a bit of a brainwave. Would you be able to comment on the following quote???

    The gov believes that ....."Parents must be empowered to work with the school and local services to ensure that their child's needs are properly identified and met from the word go."

     

    "The prospects of this are greatly improved where there is good practice such as:

    responding promptly to parents' questions, in face-to-face meetings wherever possible;

    actively seeking, and responding to, feedback from parents; and

    ensuring that, where necessary, parents are encouraged to make direct contact with the LEA officers dealing with their child's case. "

     

     

    DO YOU AGREE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SUPPORTING PARENTS WITH SEN CHILDREN????

    If you would like to make any comments then I would really appreciate it!

     

    Thanks,

    Emma

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    Hi guys,

    I am currently in the middle of writing up the completed questionnaires that you all filled in and I have just had a bit of a brainwave. Would you be able to comment on the following quote???

    The gov believes that ....."Parents must be empowered to work with the school and local services to ensure that their child's needs are properly identified and met from the word go."

     

    "The prospects of this are greatly improved where there is good practice such as:

    responding promptly to parents' questions, in face-to-face meetings wherever possible;

    actively seeking, and responding to, feedback from parents; and

    ensuring that, where necessary, parents are encouraged to make direct contact with the LEA officers dealing with their child's case. "

     

     

    DO YOU AGREE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SUPPORTING PARENTS WITH SEN CHILDREN????

    If you would like to make any comments then I would really appreciate it!

     

    Thanks,

    Emma

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    Hi, thanks for getting back to me.

     

    I will email my lecturer to ask him whether that will be ok, then I will get back to u?

    Thanks

    Emma

     

    Emma, He probably would, but he couldn't. His learning difficulties are so severe, and because he also has ASD related language difficulties he wouldn't understand the questions. I could answer them for him, but if you need a child who is able to answer the questions themselves he couldn't do that. Sorry.

     

    Lauren

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