MANY APPROACHES TO INTERVENTION
In response to the spat between Brian Cairns and Ellie Lee (letters, 26July) I would suggest that it really doesn't matter where people thinkextra difficulties for children come from.
The fact is that some children just seem to 'get on' better than others,and this may have something to do with the circumstances into which theyarrive on this planet.
This isn't their fault.
Graham Allen's plans seek to address this apparent 'inequality' in lifechances and lived experiences for the sake of the children and theirhappiness - and this seems to me to be a pretty good starting point.
Of course, it is true that different theories about where thedifficulties might have come from will always occur, and where peoplestand on this seems to affect the kind of measures which might actuallywork.
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