SEN reform views and other news

Yesterday I spoke on behalf of Family Voice Surrey at the Surrey County Council SEN pathfinder launch in Cobham. In attendance was Stephen Kingdom, a senior DfE official. I took the opportunity to include in my talk the widely-held opinion (outside of government circles, that is) that October is FAR too soon to try to start evaluating any pathfinder activity - most of which isn't even scheduled to start until September. What, exactly, will they be evaluating, I asked him, when I spoke to him afterwards. He said some government stuff about informing, gradual process etc etc, but I'm not sure he was listening, really. Let's face it, why should I be any different?

They hold the view that putting it off may mean it doesn't happen. I disagree. The genie's out of the bottle now but far, far better to have the 'unstoppable train' of reform pause a while to let reality catch up, than rush into something that'll end up running off the rails because it wasn't given enough time to lay secure tracks to a sustainable SEN future for the kids who need it.

So, enough train metaphors and on to the week's stories. My blogging pals have come up trumps this week with some great posts from A Boy with Aspergers, Chaos In Kent, An Aspie in the Family and Emma4Oacs. Lots of other great stuff too, take a look!

Tania Tirraoro
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