| Description | British Psychological Society lobbying and correspondence with the press, Education and Health Select Committees and MPs (including questions for Keith Hampson BPS sponsored MP to raise), Hansard reports, cuttings, press releases and responses to reports of the HMI on special educational needs SEN under the terms of the 1981 Education Act; announcement of new special educational needs tribunal; 'Special Educational Needs Access to the System' Green Paper and White Paper 'Choice and Diversity: A New Framework for Schools'; comments by the Centre for Studies on Integration in Education CSIE and by the Independent Panel for Special Education Advice IPSEA; BPS press release about their response to the White Paper raising concerns about the financial and organisation aspects of care for children with SEN; Education Bills: Cooperation between Education, Health and Social Services for Children with Special Needs; |
| AdminHistory | The Warnock Report in 1978 led to the 1981 Education Act, which radically changed the conceptualisation of special educational needs. It introduced the idea of special educational needs (SEN), "statements" of SEN, and an "integrative"—which later became known as "inclusive"—approach, based on common educational goals for all children regardless of their abilities or disabilities.
White Paper Choice and Diversity: A New Framework for Schools formed the based for the 1993 Education Act and encouraged the establishment of schools outside of the local education authority |
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