1) Truss, C. (2008). Peter?s story: reconceptualising the UK SEN system. European Journal of Special Needs Education. 23 (4), 365-377.

Reconceptualising the SEN System

Introduction

At a juncture while report of Brian Lamb has caused the government to publish an implementation plan to improve the parental confidence of children with special educational needs (SEN , the analysis of the research paper done by Catherine Truss on the same subject is appropriate (Lamb .B . 2009 . The Lamb Inquiry for the review of was constituted in the beginning of last year to check on the `SEN and parental confidence ' with the aim to improve parental confidence in the schools and officials . It is in

conjunction with this that we must go through the research paper , with SEN inside the crosshairs (Lamb Enquiry . 2010

Key findings of the paper

The paper is focused on the breakdown of the SEN system rather than any particular finding . It has been connected with the findings of other researchers like Pinkus (2005 ) and Row (2005 . She has rightly pointed out that the present SEN directions deal with only one domain of support for the needy child , whereas the interference should be at multiple levels so that the needs of the child are met . This is possible only with the revamping of the present SEN system

The main finding is that there are gaps within each domain that should be addressed through a range of training , development and reinforcing mechanisms . She suggests that the child should be placed on centre-stage hinting that the present system focuses on making the child fit into the present system . Another find is that...