Debate contribution: Special Educational Needs: Crisis
Debate contribution by Mr Robin Swann on .
- MLA
- Mr Robin Swann
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 21 May 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Special Educational Needs: Crisis
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4491696
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I have engaged with the Education Minister about that final point. It is about how we make sure that those allied health professionals, who have the best skills, are there to support our young people as they go through education. I do not think that I am breaking confidentiality by saying that, through the transformation funding available from the Executive and the financial package, there is a joint ask from my Department, Education and Justice to allow us to increase the number of training places for speech and language therapists. We realise that there is a deficit in that support across education and early years provision. We need to support that as well. There is cross-working and cross-determination to make sure that we meet the needs of our young people by supporting the allied health professionals to whom they need access.
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