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Community care: experience overseas
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- County News, 88(3), June 1995, pp.24-25.
Provides an account of a visit to the Princess Basma Centre, a rehabilitation facility for disabled children in Jerusalem.
Special children, integration and moral education
- Author:
- LEICESTER Mal
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 8(4), 1994, pp.300-311.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper explores issues concerning the integration of children with disabilities into mainstream schools and draws out the implications of the discussions for moral education. Social and personal theories of disability are reconciled to provide a basis for a moral education which bridges 'alternative' moral traditions. The author argues that successful integration requires a moral education for teachers and pupils which encourages the development of both a 'caring justice' and a 'judicious care'.
Power to the pupils
- Author:
- MacCONVILLE Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 8.03.06, 2006, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Ealing council's special educational needs school service decided to hold a conference, entitled Powerful Voices, on disability and education with pupils as delegates. This article highlights the key lessons learned from organising the conference.
Recent research
- Author:
- DUNCAN Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 29, December 2004, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Reports on a project from the Research and Evaluation Unit at New Zealand's Child, Youth and Family department which attempts to measure the level of unmet need, particularly in the areas of mental health, disability and education, for children and young people involved with the department.
Right to education denied?
- Author:
- WARD Adrain D.
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, June 2004, p.97, 102.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
Looks at the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 and argues that it has undermined the educational rights of children with additional support needs.
Disability discrimination reforms in education: could do better?
- Authors:
- BLAIR Ann, LAWSON Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Law Quarterly, 15(1), 2003, pp.41-55.
- Publisher:
- Jordan Publishing
Examines some of the implications of the extension of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 to education as brought about by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001. It focuses on inconsistencies in the new scheme and draws attention to the relative under-recognition of the rights of disabled children. provision of the Education Act 1996
Knowledge, tasks and strategies for teaching about persons with disabilities: implications for social work education
- Author:
- PARDECK T. John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(2), 2002, pp.53-72.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Persons with disabilities are seen as distinct and insular minority group within the United States. Given the fact that social workers offer critical social services to this group, it is important for social work programmes to offer meaningful curriculum content on persons with disabilities. This article presents key issues that social work educators should find useful for teaching about persons with disabilities. Specifically, a discussion is offered on the disability civil rights movement, the culture of disability, models for defining disability, knowledge areas on disability issues, teaching masks and strategies for focusing on persons with disabilities.
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Guide, 13, May 2002, pp.41-42.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the new Act and how it ties with other policy and law initiatives to try and improve service.
This sporting life
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.01.02, 2002, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the importance of sport as a way of educating young people and improving the quality of life of disabled people.
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.