Mar 10, 2020, Dunstable Today: Central Beds' SEND failures blasted as 'catastrophic for countless families' at scrutiny meeting https://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/education/central-beds-send-failures-blasted-as-catastrophic-for-countless-families-at-scrutiny-meeting-1-9260538 Failures in Central Bedfordshire’s care of children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) have been "catastrophic for countless families", a parent has said. Last month, an inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found the performance of CBC and Beds Clinical Commissioning Group to be “ineffective”. Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) At today's CBC overview and scrutiny board meeting, Conservative councillor Sue Clark, CBC's executive member for families and children, was unable to attend due to a family emergency. Beds CCG’s director of nursing and quality Anne Murray was also not present. Dunstable resident Amy Irvins, speaking for parents, told today's meeting: “The extensive failures outlined in the recent Ofsted report have been catastrophic for countless families. “Since the SEND action group was set up five weeks ago, more than 550 people have joined and there has been an endless stream of distressing stories. “Parents, carers and schools are facing a constant battle to get the most basic support. “Parents and children are having mental health breakdowns and dozens of children are out of school.”… “I have spoken to a number of junior officers who are at their wits’ end about the lack of resources provided to them and for parents…. CBC has yet to confirm arrangements for two public meetings regarding their SEND services.
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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.
Loss of Brain Trust features over 9,000 news stories published worldwide since January, 2017
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
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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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