Will the original promises of the green paper be fulfilled or will it all become a damp squib? And how will the most severely disabled children fare from the proposed changes? Sit comfortably, and listen to the murky tale I have to tell of high hopes smothered and ambitions dashed.
There was a great fanfare at the publication of the green paper on SEN by the then children’s minister Sarah Teather in 2011, with the sector enthusiastic about the apparent commitments to create a more joined-up assessment and care system, extending up the age range to 25. Despite the ravages of the government’s austerity programme, they seemed to be trying to do the right thing.
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