(UK) Dorset: Letter cites "decline in education funding for special needs children"

Dec 3, 2018, Dorset Echo: Letter: Decline in education funding for special needs children is a scandal https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/17270944.letter-decline-in-education-funding-for-special-needs-children-is-a-scandal/ “Parliamentary plea from headteacher” (November 17) about declining funding for the education of children with special educational needs (SEN) was very timely, but the situation is even more dire than the article suggests. There are huge delays, locally but also as a national scandal, in getting the requisite expert assessments to define what a child’s special educational needs are. Locally, the legal timescale for assessments, set at a year which in my view is in any case damagingly long, is being frequently exceeded because of inadequate funding which has led to shortage,of the required professionals. …