[SENco-forum] 4th percentile tosh

OOPs for 1995 -- read 2005 for Ian Coats's letter --Brendan king 

-----Original Message-----
From: kngbrndn at aol.com
To: Mmilesep at aol.com; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Sent: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 9.56PM
Subject: Re: [SENco-forum] 4th percentile tosh

IPSEA has recently revamped its website to make it clean and simple, and easy to 
access the very useful information held there -- and to download the standard 
(model) letters relating to the SEN framework. And the most often cropping up 
legal issues that affect parents and SEN children/young people can be found as 
information on the site. As well as successful recent action taken by IPSEA and 
others against erring LAs.

The very useful Ian Coates (Former Head Of the DfES SEN Team) letter of the 15th 
Nov. 1995 to all LAs --warning LAs about unlawful blanket policies -- and the 
requirement to statutorily assess all types and caetegories of children who are 
failing to make sufficient progress in their schools, and to normally specify 
provision, in quantified terms, for all types and categories of statemented 
children in all types of settings (including special schools and units). IPSEA 
inspired case law on specification is particularly highlighted.

These DfES identified common policies and practices, although explicitly stated 
as unlawful blanket policies, are still being routinely practiced by very many 
LAs -- and very many parents and teachers are still led to belive that these are 
lawful and reasonable practices -- which they are not.

Any comments about the accessibility and readibility of IPSEA's revamped site 
would be most welcome (I'm sure that would be so by our wonderful site 
administrator). Brendan King

-Original Message-----
From: Mmilesep at aol.com
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Sent: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 9.06PM
Subject: Re: [SENco-forum] 4th percentile tosh

In a message dated 26/04/2007 20:06:34 GMT Standard Time,  
dolfrog at tiscali.co.uk writes:

a very  good example of this is the design and
layout of the APDUK web site which  has been desingned to be APD or auditory
dyslexic  friendly.

Ah, I knew we would get there eventually

I personally find the site to be a bit of a visual mess, but that's just  me

Martin