Part of a special issue focusing on the Children Bill and the green paper, Every Child Matters, arguing that the latter is short on solutions to support disabled children's parents but some schemes are pointing the way. Argues the paper could be more sensitive to circumstances and needs: disabled children who attend special schools some distance from home; the effect of inadequate transport; care before and after school; parents in work taking jobs below their skill levels; better integration - families complain of having to repeat their story to different people; one main contact; and schemes rooted in established multi-agency working.
Part of a special issue focusing on the Children Bill and the green paper, Every Child Matters, arguing that the latter is short on solutions to support disabled children's parents but some schemes are pointing the way. Argues the paper could be more sensitive to circumstances and needs: disabled children who attend special schools some distance from home; the effect of inadequate transport; care before and after school; parents in work taking jobs below their skill levels; better integration - families complain of having to repeat their story to different people; one main contact; and schemes rooted in established multi-agency working.
Research from many sources reveals that their disability has a substantial impact on children's experiences at school. Moreover they are capable of participating in decisions about how to cope with it, and that they want to be allowed to participate in this way.
Research from many sources reveals that their disability has a substantial impact on children's experiences at school. Moreover they are capable of participating in decisions about how to cope with it, and that they want to be allowed to participate in this way.
Subject terms:
physical disabilities, school children, schools, user participation, bullying, children, education;