Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament. Environment and Rural Development Committee. Wednesday 29 September 2004... 

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I agree that we need change, but I am very concerned about which children wiU get a co-ordinated support plan, which children will get a personal learning plan and where our children will fit into the system (Scottish Parliament,... 

We are concerned abont the demands that the bill will place on teachers and other school staff, especially in the context of the national teachers agreement. Who exactly wiU manage each of the plans (Scottish Parliament, 2003c, Col. 254). 

We hope that the biU will not lead to a system that is more demanding of the school sector - we are thinking of the focus that could be put on the apparent failure of schools to dehver additional support needs (Scottish Parliament,... 

There are requirements for children s voices to be heard at some stages, but that is very much after the parent has exercised his or her rights (Scottish Parliament, 2003c, Col. 282). 

When the MSPs presented their report, which included their recommendations to abohsh the system of recording, to the Scottish Parliament, there was cross-party consensus and strong emotions. Members of each of the main parties expressed pride in realising their ambition to secure an inclusive education for all children (Scottish Parliament, 2001b, Col. 770). The report was, as one MSP contended ... 

I hope that the minister will inform us of the actions that he wUl pursue in the light of our recommendations (McGugan, SNP, Scottish Parliament,... 

Deputy Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs, Scottish Parliament, 2001b, Cols. 773-774). 

So what happened How did we get, so quickly, from this proud sense of achievement to a position where the new legislation was being pronounced a disaster in the making for every child, every family and every local authority in the country, and, ultimately, for the Government (Eileen Prior, The Equity Group, Scottish Parliament, 2003c, Col. 442) At one level, this can be explained as an effect created by the Scottish Executive... 

The Scottish Parliament Inquiry into special needs, unusually, heard from, and learned a great deal from, children and young people who had experienced exclusion, in both special and mainstream schools. One individual described herself as having escaped from special school with her dignity just about intact another young person used the same phrase, but was referring to his escape from the mainstream. For this student, mainstream schooling amounted to a refusal of his deaf identity and an attempt to assimilate him, which had led to his exclusion ... 

The children and young people who gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament inquiry demonstrated an acute understanding of inclusion and exclusion, which was striking when compared with some of the confusion experienced by adults. They described the most significant barrier to inclusion as being negative attitudes towards them and... 

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