Because I am very anxious to ensure that I obtain committed and loving and intelligent helpers, I am pasting up this plea. You will find out more about me and my development at the editor's homesite , especially under cv or disability . In consequence, she has been subjected to scepticism about her abilities that has made her distrust strangers, and she has become habituated to relying for all practical purposes solely on one person. Her greatest need, therefore, and this was reflected in her Statement of SEN dated 14 June 1996 where it was identified as the key objective, is to train people to assume responsibility for her so that she is no longer dependent upon the continuous presence of her mother. This is a life skill that needs to be acquired and as such takes priority over any narrow view of education as being about accessing a curriculum during school hours.
Training is likely to be a lengthy process, taking many months.
There is a lot to learn, a lot of practice needed before a fair degree of competency is probable, and a lot of emotional hurdles to cross. As a result of this and ensuing discussion, the Authority agreed that they would have to re-define their JD and person spec. This has not yet been done, nor has consultation and discussion taken place with those best placed to advise. We are therefore offering the enclosed document as the basis for this discussion that we feel should be taking place in order that the key objective contained within Section III of Hero's Statement be properly implemented. Helping to make the new enabling relationships successful must be the key objective.