[senco-forum] Choice of provision?(linked to Literacy Support)

The Literacy Support thread is making interesting reading, a good mix of 
pracrtical  ideas and philosophy...
By way of illustrating the contrasting provision for children with 
SEN.... A popular local comprehensive has a "special needs unit" a 
parent (and colleague) has been told that this is the only SEN provision 
available to her daughter who is in the process of being statemented for 
Irlens syndrome and related dyslexia issues. . No in class support is 
available. The unit has a mixture of children with SLD, MLD, Autism, 
Dyslexia..not sure what the common denominator is! .The children do 
integrate for "some subjects"    In a neighbouring authority thre is no 
special units anywhere in the county, special school places are only 
available for SLD and MLD + additional needs.  All other SEN get TA 
support in mainstream, possibly with some reduction in timetable,  and 
if you are v lucky, some specialist teacher time...
My colleauge feels that the SEN unit is not appropriate for her 
daughter, whose self esteem is a;ready rock bottom, but who is socially 
on a level with her peers.
I have my own ideas about this situation, but would be interested to 
hear what the forum thinks....
Kate