June 25, 2019, Rye and Battle Observer: New school for children with special educational needs officially opens https://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/people/new-school-for-children-with-special-educational-needs-officially-opens-1-8974865 A school for children with special educational needs (SEN) officially opened its doors on June 14, 2019. Mountfield Heath School in Robertsbridge, celebrated the occasion with a high tea opening ceremony attended by Huw Merriman MP; Richard Power, managing director of education; school staff, parents, local residents and educational professionals. The school, on Vinehall Road, operates out of a newly-refurbished setting within spacious grounds, inclusive of spaces for both outdoor and large classroom learning. High specification IT resources, designated therapeutic areas and plenty of room for creative learning will ensure the school is fully prepared to support children facing the challenges of special educational needs. Mountfield Heath School welcomes boys and girls between the ages of five and 11 years old with a range of social, emotional and mental health needs, and is led by a highly-specialist team of professionals who are committed to providing a caring, structured learning environment to enable each child to reach their potential. Mountfield Health School has already developed a reputation for building robust support packages catered to each individual child’s specific learning requirements. Children attending the school can present with very complex needs, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours. The school has adopted a creative approach to learning, which aids the pupils’ transition from an often difficult relationship with education settings in the past, into an environment where they can thrive. … Mr Merriman said: “I was delighted to be invited to officially open Mountfield Heath School. It was really good to see this former village primary school completely refurbished and given a new lease of life as a school for children with special educational needs. “I know from my work as an officer of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism that there is a wide range of learning needs that need to be met within our educational system and there will always be children for whom main stream education will not work. Therefore schools like Mountfield Heath are extremely important in providing specialist provision to help each child in its care to thrive, grow and learn. It was really inspiring to meet their team of dedicated and highly-skilled staff who clearly love their work and share the same ambition of ensuring each pupil in their care reaches their full potential.”
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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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