Research absent from EIA and Badman Report

Elaine Kirk · #1 01-02-10, 13:21

The Bill needs throwing out Home Education is not LA territory and amonst the matters the failed to consider..

Badman didn't mention medical did he? and yet in the SEN code of practice

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As stated in the SEN Code of Practice it acknowledges a relationship between a child's medical status and educational needs - paragraph 7.65. It says that:

"Medical conditions may have a significant impact on a child's experiences and the way they function at school. The impact may be direct in that the condition may affect cognitive or physical abilities, behaviour or emotional state. The impact may also be indirect, perhaps disrupting access to education through unwanted effects of treatments or through the psychological effects that serious or chronic illness or disability can have on a child and their family."

And excellent research here

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Accessing Support for Children with Diabetes in School
1. What are the possible causes of schools and Local Education Authorities
(LEAs) not being willing or able to provide support/funding for children with
diabetes in school?
Having heard many parent’s experiences of trying to access support for their child,
the most common problem arising is that of parents being told that type 1 diabetes is
not a Special Educational Need (SEN) and therefore there is no funding in place for
extra support, whether this be for children needing general supervision with snacks
and blood tests or for help to administer injections or for an extra trained staff
member to ensure safety on a school trip etc. Whilst most parents do not consider
their child with diabetes to be disabled or to have “learning difficulties” as such,
children with diabetes should be considered under the Code of Practice as having
SENs due to medical needs.
Type 1 diabetes, and its treatment, has a substantial effect on a child’s health and
education because of the wide-ranging impact on the ability to learn and cognitive
functions. It is vital for schools to fully understand diabetes and how best to support a
child with this medical condition in order for the child to access the full curriculum.
“The term 'special educational needs' (SEN) has a legal definition, referring
to children who have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for
them to learn or access education than most children of the same age.
If your child has special educational needs, they may need extra help in a
range of areas, for example:
• schoolwork
• reading, writing, number work or understanding information
• expressing themselves or understanding what others are saying
• making friends or relating to adults
• behaving properly in school
• organising themselves
• some kind of sensory or physical needs which may affect them in
school

Elaine Kirk · #2 01-02-10, 13:23

How can LA employed persons with no medical training assess medical needs . If the Bill goes through it won't even be a deciding factor .

Helen_A · #3 01-02-10, 19:36

I've been told, off the record, that in the event of needing to our childrens allergies may be sufficient for the LA to provide an automatic 'he allow' as no LA school will allow them to have control of their meds on the premises because of the nature of their delivery (epipens contain a hypodermic) and that their need to carry them at all times for speed of access etc etc.

How true this is I don't know....

Elaine Kirk · #4 01-02-10, 20:57

When I took my daughter out of school I was approached by another Mum whose Son had a severe nut allergy (a few very close calls ) and not only did my childs ex school refuse to care for my child whilst she was there and not allow her insulin pens and blood testing kit in school they refused to have this childs epipen on the premises and also refused to ensure that he sat on a dinner table (packed lunch) which had no child with nut in their food , i.e. a simple request to ask the parents of the other children to label boxes was refused

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