SNJ In Conversation with Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children

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Special Needs Jungle, In Conversation

Special Needs Jungle

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Join Special Needs Jungle's Renata Blower, Tania Tirraoro and team, in conversations about current issues and interesting aspects around special educational needs and disabilities. The team will be chatting with a variety of voices from the world of SEND, explaining, exploring and educating on everything you need to know. The programme is also available in vision on YouTube. Theme credit: Luca Tirraoro

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SNJ In Conversation with Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children

Special Needs Jungle, In Conversation

45 minutes 24 seconds

5 years ago

SNJ In Conversation with Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children

Tania and Renata from SNJ chat with Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children about children's social care, what the pandemic has revealed, and what needs to change.

You can find the original post for this episode here on Special Needs Jungle

The CDC describes itself as, "the umbrella body for the disabled children's sector bringing together professionals, practitioners and policy-makers." In other words, it's the lynchpin of the SEND sector and is, in turn, part of the National Children's Bureau. Special Needs Jungle is also a member of the CDC.

Christine has been involved with supporting disabled children for 40 years, including authoring a number of Government reviews. So, if there is someone who knows everything there is to know about the history of SEND, it is Christine. Renata and I caught up with her via Zoom, for a wide-ranging discussion covering children's social care, the SEND reforms, what's gone wrong and what the CDC is doing to try to fix things.