Ms Caroline Cockerill:

I would agree with that. I know SNAs and parents who have found SENOs very intimidating and have been afraid to approach SENOs. I agree they come in and it is all down to budgets at the end of the day. I feel that they come in, they see a child for a couple of minutes and they can dismiss or make recommendations based on that. I do not think they have the full picture and often they are not clear on what the reality is on the ground. You can get some very good SENOs and some very difficult SENOs. I agree that people do find that SENOs can make snap decisions without the full picture sometimes.