Children with SEND: Assessments and Support Debate
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Jim Shannon
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Children with SEND: Assessments and Support
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Neil Duncan-Jordan
As I am a keen universalist, I have to agree with my hon. Friend.
There is also a bureaucracy to navigate. It takes massive amounts of time, effort and knowledge of process for parents to navigate the system to get the support they need. That puts parents with lower educational attainment, complex personal needs or busy working lives at a disadvantage. It is no wonder that 62% of parent-carers of SEND children are not in paid employment.
Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
Today, I attended the Adoption Barometer event, which many other hon. Members probably also attended. It showed that adopted and fostered children can have not only trauma and other medical issues but educational issues—it is a double whammy for those who look after those children. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, in summing up, perhaps the Minister should consider the double issues facing foster parents and foster children?