PARENTS of children with a profound disability should be offered the chance to defer their education for a year and receive extra funded childcare,…
Some parents with disabled children are handed the chance to have an extra year of funded childcare and early learning while others are notAberdeenshire councillor Louise McAllister has said a "postcode lottery" of some councils supporting parents in this situation while other local authorities do not must be ended.
She is hoping her resolution, set to be presented at conference in Aberdeen on Tuesday, will help ensure children have an equal chance to succeed in later life. “I know primary one and two are both very much play-led learning, so the transition can be quite smooth from nursery, some children will not notice a huge difference, and that keeps getting quoted to me.
“I have had people coming to me in tears because their child has only just managed to cope with nursery and then is being pushed into school and families cannot challenge it, ” said McAllister. “However, conference recommends that children with a profound disability, with the potential to impact their education in later years, but who have reached the age of five by the beginning of the school year, should be considered for, and supported to remain, in early years for one additional, funded year.
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