[senco-forum] 50 years top ten

On Thursday by some miracle I reach my half century. A decade ago I was

Many of mine are probably similar to Brendan's.  In no particular order -

The 1978 Warnock report and the 1981 Education Act
Synthesised speech technologies (and some hearing and vision technologies)
The computer
Professional SEN qualifications
Mode 3 CSEs (ah, what might have been)
1994 and 2001 Codes
SENCOs
The SEN Tribunal
The concept of inclusion...an unfinished development.

Nice idea Richard - what else would you nominate?.

Biff
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From: "Richard Cook" <richard_cook at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Senco Forum" <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:02 PM
Subject: [senco-forum] 50 years top ten

> On Thursday by some miracle I reach my half century.  A decade ago I was
> somewhat deprest by the thought of another 20 years teaching, but facing
the
> final decade doesn't feel so bad.
>
> So I wondered what the best development in special education has been -
> compile a top ten.
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> For me the computer comes at the top as it has revolusionised word
> processing.  Gone are the days of cutting strncils for the messy
gestetner.
> Differentiation is far easier, visually impaired pupils can enlarge the
text
> at the touch of a button, worksheets can be modified quickly for visual
> learners.  The list goes on, speech software, multi-sensory learning etc
> etc.
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> What would you nominate from the last 50 years?  The National Curriculum?
> The SEN Code of practice? Synthetic phonics?
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> Richard
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