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The encyclopedia of learning disabilities
- Authors:
- TURKINGTON Carol, HARRIS Joseph R., AMERICAN BOOKWORKS
- Publisher:
- Facts on File
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 304p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This is a comprehensive guide to all types of learning disabilities, including how they function, how they can be diagnosed, and how they can be treated. Today, learning disabilities are becoming more and more common. With more than 650 entries, 25 of which are new, this thoroughly revised and updated volume explains all the relevant topics from special legislation to educational tools to child development. Appendixes listing important organizations, government information, sources, assistive technology resources, and relevant books and Web sites make this the most comprehensive handy reference on learning disabilities available.
Length of school week: pupils in special schools and units
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Education Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
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.
Special educational needs: report of the Committee. H.M. Warnock, Chairman
- Author:
- COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY INTO THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1978
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of the Warnock Committee.
Bishopswood: good practice transferred
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR STUDIES ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
All staff, pupils and resources of Bishopswood Special School for children with severe learning difficulties in Oxfordshire have now transferred successfully to local mainstream schools. This report explains why and how the change came about and is a useful model for others.
Freddie's super summer
- Author:
- GAYNOR Kate
- Publisher:
- Special Stories
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
This is one of a series of books featuring characters with a certain special education need, designed to introduce all children to the positive aspects of inclusive education, and help children to learn the importance of accepting friends and classmates who are different to them. In this story Freddie, a boy with Downs syndrome, goes to summer camp. Notes for adults on how to use the book are included.
Integration working
- Author:
- O'GRADY Carolyn
- Publisher:
- Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brings together three examples of good practice from different parts of the country: Springfield Junior School, Derbyshire where there are pupils with a wide range of learning difficulties; Leeds LEA policy and practice of integrating deaf pupils; and Kingsway FE College in London where students with disabilities or learning difficulties have been educated alongside non-disabled peers for many years.
Permanent exclusions from schools, England 1999/2000
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Statistical release on permanent exclusions from schools, giving data for the overall pattern of exclusions from primary secondary and special schools in England, in the school year 1999/2000.
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.