Special Needs

Useful information, advice and discussion especially for governors.

This programme explores how governors can gain insight and understanding with regard to special needs children in their schools. We follow two governors, one from a mainstream school and another from a special needs school, as they investigate SEN provision and provide constructive feedback to their respective governing bodies.

The programme also shows:

• A mainstream school governor accompanying a group of special needs children on a weekly trip to an outdoor educational centre
• A special needs school governor investigating how pupils from his school integrate with pupils at a mainstream school art class
• Judy Burgess, head of Devon governor services comments on the governors' progress and how effective their visits have been