Mainstream vs Special Schools
If your child is born with a disability, or if you are noticing unusual behavioral patterns while your child is growing up, then your child might gets "statemented" with a Special Educational Need, also known as SEN.
You would then be introduced to more than 2 dozen institutions new to you and a as much as a new language of specialist terminology. The word Inclusion will be most prominent, and in the views of many who have undergone the life your child is about to, it will mean a hope for acceptance of your child’s differences.
But which school do you choose for the young person's education in order to ensure that it will have the right impact on their life beyond school?
Is there an inclusive life beyond school?
Programs have been designed to integrate these children into society once they have finished their education and became adults. For the most severely disabled students there are a range of courses in local colleges and specialist colleges to help them make progress.
The Connexions service is central to ensuring that the students with special needs get what they need. A quantity of work has been organized around transition arrangements so that the students do not fall between services.
Graham Davies, Principal Educational Psychologist & SEN Inclusion Manager in the Borough of Bournemouth, explained:
“Adult Social Care (the social services) also provide support for many disabled adults. In the Bournemouth area many of adults with learning disabilities are now supported living in their own houses”
The council Borough of Bournemouth stated that many disabled adults continue to receive support and services throughout their lives from the local authorities.
Responding to the inquiry about what happens to young people with special educational needs once they have turned 21 and does the government have any responsibility for them and in what way, Mr Davies replied:
"Some adults with learning difficulties (LD) can still be in a residential college up to the age of 25, and many attend supported employment and accommodation.”
Leanne's career planning in mainstream school
Amy's artwork
