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Getting in on the act: provision for pupils with special educational needs; the national picture
- Authors:
- AUDIT COMMISSION, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Education and Science
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 75p.,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evaluates current provision and makes recommendations for improvements.
Waiting games
- Author:
- NOBLE Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.10.97, 1997, p.9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how one woman's experience of fighting for her autistic son's rights illustrates some of the pitfalls in the government's approach to special education needs.
Commentary on: “Ordinary lives” means ordinary schools: towards a unitary 0-99 years policy for adults and children with learning disabilities
- Author:
- HARDIMAN Becky
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 25(1), 2020, pp.47-52.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to reflect on some of the challenges faced by caregivers when making decisions relating to school placements for their child with a learning disability. Design/methodology/approach: Quotes from parents and caregivers, contacted via a national syndrome support charity, are shared, along with broader perspectives gained through the charity’s helpline service. Findings: A number of themes are discussed, including friendships and role models; expectations and educational targets; training, speciality and capacity of staff and managing a widening gap. Originality/value: When considering the future of education provision, it is important to consider some of the tensions between an ideology of inclusion and the current realities of service provision. To create effective solutions to achieving more effective inclusion, the concerns and experiences of families, as well as children, must be considered. (Edited publisher abstract)
Visually impaired people with learning difficulties: their education from 1900 to 1970 - policy, practice and experience
- Author:
- FRENCH Sally
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36(1), March 2008, pp.48-53.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
By means of documentary evidence and six in-depth interviews, this paper traces policy and practice relating to the education of visually impaired children with learning difficulties from 1900 to 1970. It reveals that if visually impaired children with learning difficulties were given an education at all, their needs were not usually met and they were frequently subjected to an oppressive and abusive institutional regime. By giving visually impaired people with learning difficulties the opportunity to voice their experiences, it is hoped that this paper will add to the growing oral history of people with learning difficulties and further their empowerment. The data for this paper was extracted from a study of the history of education of visually impaired children in Britain.
Munchausen by proxy: presentations in special education
- Authors:
- AYOUB Catherine C., SCHREIER Herbert A., KELLER Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Child Maltreatment, 7(2), May 2002, pp.149-159.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Munchausen by proxy is a disorder in which a child is victimised through a form of child abuse called pediatric condition falsification (PCF), which has been documented for psychological and psychiatric conditions including one, presented here, in which educational disabilities are the focus of falsification. Parents meet their own self-serving needs through 'impostering' as good mothers. This maternal mental disorder is called factitious disorder by proxy. Presents a series of cases in which children have PCF primarily consisting of educational disabilities. Characteristics of the children, their mothers, and their families are outlined and outcomes for the 9 children in the sample discussed. Guidelines for identification of children with PCF in educational settings are provided, and special guidance offered in differential diagnosis. Part of the focus section 'Munchausen by proxy'.
A disabling education: the case of disabled learners in Malaysia
- Authors:
- ADNAN Airil Haimi, HAFIZ Intan Azreena
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(5), August 2001, pp.655-669.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Currently there is a move by the government towards improving the state of education for disabled learners in Malaysia. It is believed that current policy and practice do not meet the needs and requirements of these learners, partly because of the different definitions of disability adopted by various government agencies that are empowered to assist them. Employing a social constructivist framework, these definitions are examined specifically in the way they have been developed into different practices. It is argued that some of the common practices in educating disabled learners are discriminatory and haphazardly planned. The material effects of these practices on the actual provisions of education for these learners are then observed and evaluated. It is suggested that the education system be improved by including disabled learners in mainstream education, so as to help instigate positive changes in the lives of these learners through the wider process of social inclusion.
Programming for special educational needs
- Author:
- DICKINS Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Coordinate, 70, March 1999, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- National Early Years Network
With its SEN Programme of Action, the Government has issued a comprehensive plan for redirecting provision for children with special educational needs. This article provides an overview of the programme's content and calls for coherent local policies to make the best of its intentions.
Disability voice: towards an enabling education
- Author:
- LEICESTER Mal
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 135p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues that people have been disabled by society, and that there is a need for educational change. Encourages equal opportunities for disabled people by promoting the practice of enabling education, a 'disability aware' education that caters for everyone's educational needs. Also includes interviews with disabled people, giving their own recommendations for educators and policy makers.
Promoting inclusive practice
- Editors:
- TILSTONE Christina, FLORIAN Lani, ROSE Richard
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 300p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at current policies around including children with learning difficulties in mainstream schools and at how this aim can be achieved. Discusses: the practicalities of inclusive education; the gap between inclusive policy and practice; re-configuring the role of special schools; and how the process of inclusion will develop beyond the classroom.
Children with special needs: assessment, law and practice; caught in the Acts
- Author:
- FRIEL John
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 230p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains chapters on: legal rights of children with special needs; identifying children with special needs - assessment; request for assessment; the statutory duty to make provision for children with special needs; the code of practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs; children under the age of five years; criteria for deciding to make a statement; annual reviews, amending statements and ceasing to maintain statements; rights of appeal; practice and procedure in tribunal; and appeals to the High Court from the tribunal and the enforcement of the statutory duties of local education authorities.