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Lots of answered threads in SN Education

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WetAugust · 17/04/2012 18:54

I can't bear to see an unanswered thread. I asked MNHQ to move one.

Question: Do we need a separate SN Education section that hardly anyone ever looks at? Should we ask for it to be removed or possible have a sticky or something directing people to SN Children where all the baddies wonderful SN parents lurk?

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RebeccaMumsnet · 17/04/2012 20:49

Hi all,

Thanks for reporting this WetAugust and absolutely no Wine needed to report stuff to us - we don't bite Grin

We are going to move this thread to Site Stuff so that we can gauge a wider opinion about this.

Thank you very much for the suggestion.

Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

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HelenMumsnet · 19/04/2012 17:59

Hello. Sorry to be so slow in coming back about this.

We're a bit wary of merging SN Education and Special Educational Needs in Education, as they're not the same thing.

But how about if we make it so that Special Educational Needs is listed in both the Special Needs section and the Education section (same topic; just listed in both areas)?

Would that work?

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HelenMumsnet · 19/04/2012 18:57

Well, and please correct me if I'm wrong, SN Education is about the education of children with SN (and their special needs may not necessarily be special educational needs) and SEN is about the education of children with, specifically, special educational needs.

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HelenMumsnet · 19/04/2012 19:31

Actually, I'm not sure I am right

According to the government: "The term 'special educational needs' (SEN) has a legal definition, referring to children who have learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for them to learn or access education than most children of the same age."

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HelenMumsnet · 26/04/2012 10:11

So, is the general view that there are too many topics in the SN section?

Would it work better/be more welcoming and responsive if there were fewer topics?

Perhaps we should start a thread in SN to discuss this with everyone?

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