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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.
The SEN Bill: fine principles but will it work in practice?
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 14(3), January 2001, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
As the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Bill reaches its final stages in parliament, the author argues that although the Bill gives disabled children and those with special education needs the right to mainstream education, mixing SEN and disability could lead to confusion and to some children, particularly those in care, failing to benefit.
Residential schools and disabled children: decision-making and experiences
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A previous stage of this research explored the policies and practices of 21 local authorities on placing a disabled child at residential school (see Findings 420). Follow-on research in four authorities explored the circumstances in which disabled children and young people came to be at residential school. The study involved observing at decision-making panel meetings, interviewing key professionals, parents and also disabled children and young people currently at residential school.
Delivering therapy services for students with high support needs: perceptions of roles, priorities and best practice
- Authors:
- DULE Kim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 24(3), September 1999, pp.243-263.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Presents the results of a survey of therapists providing services to students with high support needs in New South Wales. The survey examined therapists perceptions of their roles, criteria used to set priorities for therapy services, decision making authority and agreement with best practice related to the collaborative team approach and implementation of those practices. Practices associated with a collaborative team approach received both a higher level of agreement and reported implementation than practices not associated with the approach.
Special options
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.3.94, 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how discrepancies between the Children Act and the Education Act are leaving disabled children without any services.
Education and children with special educational needs: from segregation to inclusion
- Editors:
- ALUR Mithu, HEGARTY Seamus
- Publisher:
- Paul Chapman
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 220p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New Delhi
This book discusses the principles and practice of moving from segregated education to integration and inclusion in the context of educating children with disabilities in India. The actions to be taken are examined in two levels: the level of the system and the level of the school.
Schools morass
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.4.02, 2002, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the placement of disabled children in residential schools and why it brings into question the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Special educational needs: draft code of practice
- Author:
- RIMINGTON Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 171, November 2000, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
A new special educational needs (SEN) code of practice is due to be introduced in September 2001. A draft form has been published for consultation. This article examines the new form of the SEN code and looks at the main changes. The principles of 'working in partnership with parents' and 'pupil participation' are at the forefront of the new code. Further changes include the descriptions of categories of SEN, alteration to the school based stages of provision and more detail on the role of the SENCO.
The structure of arguments used to support or oppose inclusion policies for students with disabilities
- Author:
- COLE Peter G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 24(3), September 1999, pp.215-225.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Discusses the arguments which have been proposed to support or oppose the value of the inclusion model in the education of students with disabilities. The author places the arguments in four categories: consequentialist, justice, rights and the needs argument. discusses the arguments in detail which are commonly used to support or deny policies of inclusion.
School choice, markets and special educational needs
- Authors:
- BAGLEY Carl, WOODS Philip A.
- Journal article citation:
- 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.