Introducing this CPD training on the Evolution of the SEND Framework.
To begin to understand the significance of the 2014 SEND Framework. We look at where the term ‘special educational needs’ all started more than 40 years ago.
We explore some of the terminology used historically and why a change in language and mindsets was so important for the disability rights movement.
The needs of the whole SEN continuum were included in the first SEN code of practice which was published in 1994 where the role of the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) role was first created and outlined.
Although there was no major review of the SEN Framework between the Warnock Report and recent Children and Families Act 2014, there were many developments affecting children and young people with special educational needs.
There are three parts to the SEN Framework:
Part 3 of the Children and Families Act
2. SEND Regulations (2014) that go alongside the Act
3. The SEND Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years.