programme at the National Grid.
It's part of our agenda for special educational needs (SEN) reform to spread the message that young people with SEN can and should be enabled to do paid work.
I was delighted to hear from National Grid managers about how not only the young people with SEN and disabilities had benefited and contributed, but how the staff too had benefited and been inspired by working with these young people.
SEN is an area of policy that touches so many families, children and young people, and which I've spent a huge amount of time wrestling with over the past couple of years.
Improved relationship
The passage of the Children and Families Act last year should mark a step change in the relationship between families and local authorities, with a new SEN system designed to empower families and wrap services around the needs of children.
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