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Can mainstream schools cope with children who have special needs?
- Author:
- GILLEN Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.12.02, 2002, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the Audit Commission's claim that children with special educational needs and disabilities are being let down by school league tables and a lack of training. For those who had long campaigned for greater inclusion of children with special needs and disabilities in mainstream education, the legislation which took effect from September to eliminate discrimination on those grounds was long overdue. Three months on, it is too early to judge what impact the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 has had, but a report by the Audit Commission suggests that many mainstream schools are ill-prepared for an increase in students with SEN or a disability. Although over two-thirds of children with special educational needs attend mainstream schools, the report says that many of them face barriers within them and are often excluded from certain lessons and social activities.
The evolution of a partnership to meet the special needs of children
- Authors:
- GRAHAM Jackie, MAZE Mary K.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(12), December 1997, pp.521-524.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Being mindful of the importance of a multi-professional approach to meeting complex needs, an advisory teacher together with occupational therapists and physiotherapists developed a successful working partnership. This began in their work with pre-school children and developed into the services the team offered to pupils in mainstream schools and their parents. This article describes the working practices that involved in a shire county in England to meet the needs of children with physical impairment. The key elements and the benefits of such an approach are identified.
Social work with children: the educational perspective
- Authors:
- BLYTH Eric, MILNER Judith
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 174p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Harlow
Aims to encourage social workers to work with confidence with other organisations and professionals such as teachers to help children whose educational achievement is poor. Includes chapters on: education reform in Britain; social work and schooling; education of children in the public care; children who care for others; school attendance; disabled children; pupils with behaviour problems; and protecting children from abuse and exploitation.