01 May 2025
Solving the SEND Crisis
Prof Ian Kessler gave evidence at Westminster
On 29 April 2025 Prof Ian Kessler was among a number of experts giving oral evidence to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on 'Solving the SEND Crisis'.
The session provided members of the committee, which is chaired by Helen Hayes MP, the opportunity to enquire about the main points of the Unit report on the challenges facing the SEND therapy workforce and approaches to how these are being, and might be, addressed.
Further details about the report (including a summary and a blog) are available via the 15 May 2024 news item at the time of its publication. The report, by Prof Kessler and Unit Director Prof Boaz, formed part of the Policy Research Unit's commissioned work under the 2019-23 contract.
A recording of the committee session is available on parliamentlive.tv.
This publication
Kessler, I., & Boaz, A. (2024) The Demand and Supply of Therapists for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: A Scoping Study. London: NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce, The Policy Institute, King's College London. https://doi.org/10.18742/pub01-181
An Executive Summary is available at the above link | Project page at King's.
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