The framework for providing for the educational needs of children throughout the United Kingdom (UK) is similar throughout Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England; providing for appropriate special education services for those students who qualifying is similar as well. With a focus specifically on England, which occupies the southernmost region of the UK, this section of the paper will examine the policy framework, programs, and assessments of exceptional needs students through a comparative lens with that of similar structures and services throughout the United States. The United States collectively refers to the term Special Education as the educational services and programs needed by “students who have physical, cognitive, language,
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In a publication endorsed and supported by the new Government in May of 2010, the SEN Green Paper outlined new requirements in the identification, assessment of needs and provision of services in educating special needs youth, which was finalized after significant and noteworthy changes and amendments, ultimately becoming the Children & Families Bill of 2014 (Silas, 2014). With the revamping of previous policies dealing with the needs of students with disabilities, the government of England set forth to simplify and coordinate already existing services offered under the National health structure. Unlike the United States, England has a National Health Service (NHS), which is publically funded; services for education, medical, and social welfare are free to UK residents and legal immigrants. In response to complaints of lapses in services, redundant services and the complications associated with government bureaucracy, the system was streamlined. Some key policies of the new reform is a combined system for children with SEN from birth to age 25, with a comprehensive Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan. The plan addresses the broad needs of students in their local authorities to combine services and make the organization of all attending services more streamlined. By coordinating an EHC plan, services to SEN students are comprehensibly addressed, taking into account their educational plan, health care needs (especially for students requiring medical services or aids), and any services such as welfare or family services. This plan calls for all children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan to be offered an inclusive education in a mainstream setting, unless it is incompatible with the parents or students desires or the placement of the student in such program would adversely affect the
In a publication endorsed and supported by the new Government in May of 2010, the SEN Green Paper outlined new requirements in the identification, assessment of needs and provision of services in educating special needs youth, which was finalized after significant and noteworthy changes and amendments, ultimately becoming the Children & Families Bill of 2014 (Silas, 2014). With the revamping of previous policies dealing with the needs of students with disabilities, the government of England set forth to simplify and coordinate already existing services offered under the National health structure. Unlike the United States, England has a National Health Service (NHS), which is publically funded; services for education, medical, and social welfare are free to UK residents and legal immigrants. In response to complaints of lapses in services, redundant services and the complications associated with government bureaucracy, the system was streamlined. Some key policies of the new reform is a combined system for children with SEN from birth to age 25, with a comprehensive Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan. The plan addresses the broad needs of students in their local authorities to combine services and make the organization of all attending services more streamlined. By coordinating an EHC plan, services to SEN students are comprehensibly addressed, taking into account their educational plan, health care needs (especially for students requiring medical services or aids), and any services such as welfare or family services. This plan calls for all children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan to be offered an inclusive education in a mainstream setting, unless it is incompatible with the parents or students desires or the placement of the student in such program would adversely affect the