The centre also hopes the committee will back our call to defend specialeducational needs statements and agree that better enforcement of thesestatements is needed.
More and more children are being identified as having specialeducational needs yet the number of new statements issued has fallenfrom 36,200 in 1998 to 26,000 in 2004. But the statementing systemitself is not at fault.
What is at fault is the administration.
Every day, we hear from parents worn down with trying to get the supporttheir child needs. They complain of bureaucracy but when they make thatcomplaint they aren't talking about having to have their child assessedor being asked to attend review meetings. What they mean is thedifficulty of getting a statement for their child.
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