Disability and Society, 13(5), November 1998, pp.763-783.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
This article investigates the ways in which schools competing within the educational marketplace perceive and respond to the needs of parents of SEN students, and considers the perspectives, experiences and values of these parents relating to school choice. The findings reveal the pressures on senior school managers and the difficulties encountered by parents of SEN students are increasingly marginalised and devalued.
This article investigates the ways in which schools competing within the educational marketplace perceive and respond to the needs of parents of SEN students, and considers the perspectives, experiences and values of these parents relating to school choice. The findings reveal the pressures on senior school managers and the difficulties encountered by parents of SEN students are increasingly marginalised and devalued.
Subject terms:
needs, parents, physical disabilities, policy, rights, schools, social care provision, special education, students, discrimination, education;
The government has put a great emphasis on the importance of partnership with parents of disabled children in the early years and on the value of early diagnosis and intervention for children with special educational needs. The author explores the emotional and political context of partnership for families, and suggests that the relationship between parents and professionals can be even more positive if they are allies as well as partners.
The government has put a great emphasis on the importance of partnership with parents of disabled children in the early years and on the value of early diagnosis and intervention for children with special educational needs. The author explores the emotional and political context of partnership for families, and suggests that the relationship between parents and professionals can be even more positive if they are allies as well as partners.
Subject terms:
needs, parents, physical disabilities, policy, politics, rights, service users, user participation, user views, central government, children, education, emotions, families, empowerment;
Reports on how the Green Paper also promotes more inclusion of children with special educational needs (SEN) within mainstream schools and more involvement of and support for parents.
Reports on how the Green Paper also promotes more inclusion of children with special educational needs (SEN) within mainstream schools and more involvement of and support for parents.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, intervention, needs, parents, physical disabilities, policy, school children, school exclusion, special education, special educational needs, central government, children, education, equal opportunities, government policy;
As the countdown begins for the 1998 Community Care Awards, looks back at last year's winners and finds out what it will take for this year's entrants to win awards for their projects.
As the countdown begins for the 1998 Community Care Awards, looks back at last year's winners and finds out what it will take for this year's entrants to win awards for their projects.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, learning disabilities, parents, physical disabilities, refuges, social care provision, standards, women, carers, child abuse, community care, education;