Time taken to complete Assessments and make Statements: does the nature of SEN matter and will the new Legislation make a difference?

Dawn Male (a lecturer in the education and psychology of children with special needs at the Institute of Education, University of London, and an educational psychologist) considers how the nature of the SEN displayed results in varying completion times for assessments and the issuing of statements, and asks whether the new arrangements introduced by the 1993 Education Act will make any difference.