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Parliament sought to help children with special education needs when it passed the Education Acts 1993 and 1996. These acts set up the independent tribunal system to which parents can appeal if dissatisfied. Although the current government has recently issued a green paper setting out proposed changes to the SEN system it looks likely that the appeal system will remain.
Janet O'Keefe is experienced in providing Speech and Language Therapy Advice for Submission as part of the statutory assessment (1996 Education Act) and has been attending SENDIS Tribunal hearings as an 'Expert Witness' since 2000.
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'Support and Aspiration: A new approach to special education needs and disabilities.'
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'Janet currently undertakes approximately 80 assessments and attends up to 20 hearings a year all over the UK. She regularly works with the most eminent solicitors and barristers in the field of education law but also works with national charities and parent suport groups.'
