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Parents of special educational needs children could get care budgets

Ming

I don't know if anyone else has seen this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/08/special-needs-children-budgets

I just wondered what everyone thought.  My initial reaction is it could be a good thing and are they finally admitting that SEN children should not be in mainstream school.  OR is this actually something to worry about.

Parents

  • I've just posted about this and unfortunately hadn't spotted your post first, Ming. The Green paper doesn't mention what will be available to spend the budget on so I fear it may be like the Direct Payments (throwing money at you with no service actually available to meet your needs). The other thing that worries me is the continuous mention in the consultation questions, of Voluntary and Private funding. Our children are not charity cases, they have a right to have their needs met by the local authority, are non disabled children going to have volunteers teaching them in the classroom?!!

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  • I've just posted about this and unfortunately hadn't spotted your post first, Ming. The Green paper doesn't mention what will be available to spend the budget on so I fear it may be like the Direct Payments (throwing money at you with no service actually available to meet your needs). The other thing that worries me is the continuous mention in the consultation questions, of Voluntary and Private funding. Our children are not charity cases, they have a right to have their needs met by the local authority, are non disabled children going to have volunteers teaching them in the classroom?!!

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