Sense's education campaigning centres on the support and provision essential to the successful development and educational attainment of deafblind/multi-sensory-impaired children and young people.

This work is currently focused on the UK and Welsh governments’ reforms of Additional Learning Needs/Special Educational Needs:

• The UK Government’s UK Government's special educational needs and disability reform (SEND) programme in England started with the publication in March 2011 of a Green Paper, Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability (link to Department for Education website). The Green Paper sets out a wide-ranging series of reforms to the education system, which would have a significant impact on the learning experiences of deafblind children and young people.
• The Welsh Government’s reforms to Additional Learning Needs in Wales were set out in Forward in partnership for children and young people with additional needs (link to Welsh Government website). Resources for politicians and policy-makers in Wales are available.

During the coming year Sense will also continue to respond to other proposals from the UK and Welsh Governments that affect deafblind and multi-sensory-impaired children and young people.

The UK Government's proposals

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The future of special educational needs provision hangs in the balance - Sir Paul Ennals, Sense Interim Strategy Director, asks if the original promises of the Support and aspiration Green Paper will be fulfilled or become a damp squib.