Opinions on this sentence please

[PouffeGalore]

Hi all. What are your views on this SEN philosphy stated by an 'outstanding' school? I don't think it reads very well at all.
The underlying philosophy of Special Educational Needs provision in our school is one of ?prevention rather
than cure?.

I think it reads very clumsily and is a little insulting, IMHO. The statement is also misplaced because even the best school in the world can neither prevent nor cure my kids' special educational needs. They are there and always will be there. I would, however, welcome their best efforts to help my kids to achieve their potential, whatever that may be, despite their SEN.

Depends on the context. Prevention/cure of what? They can't mean the conditions surely?

I can see that they mean preventing problems getting worse by early identification and intervention but it is a very clumsy way to word something so sensitive.

My children's additional needs couldn't have been 'prevented' but the high levels of anxiety DD1 is experiencing just now certainly could have been if the school made more effort.

Badly phrased

They state that they are aware that lots of children have difficulties which could be behavioural or physical/medical. Then they had the line about prevention or cure. They then go on to state that they aim to identify and respond to,at an early stage, SEN. It just seems a funny turn of phrase to use as I don't see how many SN problems can be 'cured'.

Wow! I'll send my ds2 there then .... they'd 'prevent' him showing his ADHD symptons, rather than 'cure' him ???? Don't get it

lol, they mean prevent the child from attending, then they don't need to 'cure'!!