A major conference on the impact of the forthcoming SEN and Disability Act for children and young people with disabilities in schools and colleges is to be held in London next month. 'Preparing for the SEN and Disability Act 2001: Promoting Inclusion', organised by the cerebral palsy organisation Scope, is on 2 July. It will be addressed by early years minister Catherine Ashton. When the Act comes into effect in September it will increase the right of children with statements of special educational needs to attend a mainstream school. It also brings access to education within the remit of the Disability Discrimination Act, and places new statutory duties on LEAs and schools to increase accessibility to both the school environment and the curriculum.
A major conference on the impact of the forthcoming SEN and Disability Act for children and young people with disabilities in schools and colleges is to be held in London next month.
'Preparing for the SEN and Disability Act 2001: Promoting Inclusion', organised by the cerebral palsy organisation Scope, is on 2 July. It will be addressed by early years minister Catherine Ashton. When the Act comes into effect in September it will increase the right of children with statements of special educational needs to attend a mainstream school. It also brings access to education within the remit of the Disability Discrimination Act, and places new statutory duties on LEAs and schools to increase accessibility to both the school environment and the curriculum.
Scope also recently celebrated its Golden Anniversary by publishing 'Changing Society', an oral history of the charity's first 50 years (above left).
Contact Scope, 6 Market Road, London N7 9PW (020 7619 7204, fax 020 7619 7190, www.scope.org.uk).
