Nov 26, 2019, Birmingham Live: Teachers losing faith in special education system in Dudley https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/teachers-losing-faith-special-education-17317339 Plans to transfer £1 million [$1.3M US] from Dudley’s mainstream schools to children with disabilities has been rejected as teachers say there is a ‘lack of belief’ in the special educational needs and disabilities service. The proposal to switch funds from secondary education into the High Needs Block allocation was opposed by 90 per cent of respondents, a meeting of the Dudley Schools Forum will be told. A report to the committee of councillors, headteachers and governors said out of ten responses to the proposal, nine rejected the plan. The consultation came after the council revealed in September that the cost of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) service is predicted to overrun by £5 million [$6.5M US] this year. Figures sent out to schools say that figure could increase to £22 million [$28M US] by March 2024…. “The consistent theme coming through from the discussions in the consultation events is that there is a complete lack of trust and belief in the SEND system.” The rejection is a blow to education bosses who want to transfer 0.5 per cent of next year’s predicted £206 million mainstream schools’ budget into SEND’s High Needs Block funding. This would in addition to the £35 million [$45M US] the council is hoping to will get from the government for schooling children with disabilities….
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Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
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What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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