The Special Ed System: For Us or Against Us?
December 11, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
A review of special needs education in the UK has found that “parents feel the system is not on their side,” today’s BBC reports:
[Inquiry chairman] Brian Lamb wrote: “A major concern for parents is the lack of transparency and lack of information about school and local authority SEN policies”.
And he said no-one discussed with parents what their hopes and aspirations were for their children.
I suspect the situation is not so different for parents in the US……
You know that they have lawyers who specialize in Special Education Law? Not just education law- but actual special education law. And they are in high demand!!! In my state, many if not most parents who get private therapeutic day school placements or residential placements have to get a lawyer.
I agree. Although I think that ideally the special ed system wants to help, I know that their goals and my goals are different.
Against. I will do anything to avoid the public school system again. Lots of well meaning teachers but the red tape makes it so difficult.
@Naydi, I’ve ben on and off trying to convince a friend’s fiancé—he just finished law school—to go into special ed law!