By Melinda Nettleton and John Friel
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-84905-595-6
£14.99
352 pages
Instead of looking at things through rose-tinted spectacles, as I find extremely irritating, the authors do not beat around the bush in saying the process for implementing the reforms from the Children & Families Act 2014 was rushed, and the results are far from perfect. I welcome this, as a parent of a disabled son who turns 10 next month, and as an unwilling bystander in an illusive "pathfinder" authority.
This is an extremely useful book but although aimed at parents (and other interested parties), I feel "beginner" parents might find the book too heavy. It contains a lot of useful stuff from identifying SEN to appeal, but I think "new" parents would first need a basic understanding of what their children's rights are, to enable them to enter the maze in the first place, before getting down and dirty, elbowing their way out.
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