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‘Building brighter futures for all our children’– a new focus on families as partners and change agents in the care and development of children with disabilities or special educational needs
Author(s) -
RUSSELL PHILIPPA
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2008.00380.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , futures contract , disadvantaged , special education , intervention (counseling) , special needs , special educational needs , government (linguistics) , learning disability , psychology , public relations , medical education , developmental psychology , pedagogy , economic growth , political science , medicine , business , psychiatry , economics , linguistics , philosophy , finance , law
This paper looks at recent trends in Government policy and practice around supporting and involving parents of children with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN) in their care, development and education. In particular, the paper examines the opportunities offered in the Children's Plan (DCSF, 2007) and Aiming High (HM Treasury/DfES, 2007), and the strong emphasis on earlier intervention and a range of new services to facilitate better partnership with parents (including those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds). Note : In using the term ‘disabled children’, the author is using the broad definition of disability within the Disability Discrimination Acts (DDA) 1995 and 2005. The DDA definition includes the majority of children with identified and significant levels of SEN.