The Special Education Consortium represents around 100 organisations. Its chairman is Brian Lamb.
Mr Lamb is currently conducting a major review of educational policies for children with disabilities and learning difficulties and will publishing his findings in full later in 2009.The Lamb Inquiry has been asked to:
- Consider a range of ways in which parental confidence in the SEN assessment process might be increased
- Commission and evaluate innovative projects in these areas
- Draw on the evidence of other work currently commissioned by the Department
- Take into account the evidence of the submissions to the two Select Committee Reports in 2006 and 2007
So far it has been found that parents of children with special needs have to ‘fight’ to make sure they get a decent education. Many parents lack confidence in the system.
Concerns include:
- Poor information for parents
- Failure to address children’s needs in mainstream schools
Further information is available using the links below:
Jane Gregory
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
January 2009
