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Warnock 40 years on : the development of Special Educational Needs since the Warnock Report and implications for the future

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Lindsay, Geoff, Wedell, Klaus and Dockrell, Julie E. (2020) Warnock 40 years on : the development of Special Educational Needs since the Warnock Report and implications for the future. Frontiers in Education, 4 . 164. doi:10.3389/feduc.2019.00164

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Abstract

The report of the Warnock Committee “Special Educational Needs,” published in 1978, provided the first comprehensive review of special educational needs (SEN) in England and the basis for subsequent legislation, from the Education Act 1981 to the recent Children and Families Act 2014. The Warnock Report has been highly influential with respect to the development of both national and local policy and practice for SEN, primarily in England but also in the UK generally and internationally. We conceived the “Warnock 40 Years On” research topic published in this journal as an opportunity to examine developments for children and young people with SEN or a disability (SEND) since the Report's publication. As editors of this research topic, in this paper we provide an overview of major elements within SEND, drawing on both the individual constituent papers and the broader policy and research literature. We examine the origins and precursors of the Warnock Review, including then current progressive conceptual development and practice, leading to an examination of the Review. We explore the legislative structure arising from the Report and implementation of the SEND system—from the Education Act 1981 onwards. We critically examine a number of key aspects of the Warnock Report and how these developments of the SEND system have taken these forward, including: categorization of SEN; provision made to meet the special needs of children and young people with SEN or a disability, including inclusion; early identification and intervention; the important rights and role of parents; prevalence of different types of SEN and the complex interaction between SEN and a range of factors, including social disadvantage and ethnicity; and a range of SEND research. Finally we consider the implications for future development of the SEND system, in particular whether its limitations can be addressed better by “patching up” the system or by “system change.” Although focused on England, this paper has relevance—as did the Warnock Report—to SEND internationally.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Special education -- England, Children with disabilities -- Education -- England, Inclusive education -- England, Learning disabled children -- Education -- England, Educational reports -- England, Autism spectrum disorders in children , Language disorders in children -- England
Journal or Publication Title: Frontiers in Education
Publisher: Frontiers
ISSN: 0190-5848
Official Date: 29 January 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
29 January 2020Published
30 December 2019Accepted
Volume: 4
Article Number: 164
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2019.00164
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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