Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01789 · Session 5

Learning difficulties and disability qualifications.

Closed Submitted 21 Jan 2020 Health
Signatures
0
153 online signatures with a country
Comments
10
Considered
3 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to increase the number of professionals such as speech and language therapists, educational psychologists, physiotherapists, psychiatrists and occupational therapists qualified to assess children and parents with learning disabilities/difficulties and other behavioural problems, to reduce the number of children taken into care.

What the petitioner did first

Discussions with MSPs and professionals.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 17 Sep 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 9 Dec 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 10 Feb 2021
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

153 online signatures
  1. Scotland135 88.2%
  2. United Kingdom16 10.5%
  3. England1 0.7%
  4. South Africa1 0.7%

Comments

10 comments, oldest first
  1. Jayne Scollay 29 Jan 2020
    These are vital services which all children should have access to when they require it. We talk about early intervention but then those professionals are not there to support the families who need it the most
  2. Janice Noble 29 Jan 2020
    It's really hard to get any professional specialist support and head teachers aren't always knowledgeable or qualified to be in the best position to know what to do to help.
  3. Caroline yavuz 29 Jan 2020
    Children and adults with additional needs deserve the same rights and education as everyone the same chances in life
  4. Rebbecca litchfield 29 Jan 2020
    Need less NDAS waiting times and somewhere to get ongoing advice from professionals who know your child.
  5. Michelle Brown 30 Jan 2020
    Definitely needs to be more invested in more professionals and much more support for families.
  6. Michelle Brown 30 Jan 2020
    More needs invested in supporting families not just during diagnosis but also afterwards, there is a major lack in services and support.
  7. Michelle Balfour 30 Jan 2020
    A family member has Aspergers & a zspcial Anxiety Disorder. They also suffer badly with depression. School & child services totally failed them. They tried to take their own life, it's took this to get them the help & support they needed since primary school. Child services tried to silence us in the hope that we would just go away.
  8. James Cavanagh 30 Jan 2020
    Much more support is needed in all areas of assisting these children
  9. Evonne mckay 30 Jan 2020
    Our kids are being failed and let down we need more professionals now to help our kids
  10. Tracey dicks 1 Feb 2020
    Our children are being let down by there being lack of support. What future will they have if there being failed at such a young age.