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Shaping the future: report on the blind and partially sighted young people
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 172, December 2000, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Summarises the key findings of a recent report examining the barriers faced by the blind and partially sighted in everyday life. This article focuses on the lack of support these children receive in education.
Within reach: an evaluation of the schools access initiative
- Author:
- SCOPE
- Publisher:
- National Union of Teachers
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This study evaluates the Schools Access Initiative (SAI), which aims to increase access to mainstream schools for pupils with a physical or sensory impairment. The aim of the study is to follow up on to earlier reports: ‘Within reach: a study’ (1992) and ‘Within reach: the school survey’ (1993). These earlier reports were the basis for a campaign which preceded the introduction of SAI. A sample of eight LEAs and twenty seven schools are used as a basis for the report. Attitudes to inclusion; LEA knowledge of accessibility; views on management of the SAI; and sufficiency of the SAI are looked at.
Shaping the future: the educational experiences of 5-16 year old blind and partially sighted children and young people
- Authors:
- FRANKLIN Anita, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 185p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on the RNIB's survey of the experiences of visually impaired children and young people, this covers topics such as type of school attended, provision for special needs, reading media and equipment, access to the national curriculum and examinations, mobility lessons, bullying, careers advice and what young people think makes a good school. Separate data is provided for pupils with complex additional needs.
Shaping the future: social life and leisure activities of blind and partially sighted children and young people aged 5-25
- Authors:
- KEIL Sue, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind,|royal national institute|Royal National
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 223p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a larger survey of blind and partially sighted children and young people. This volume focuses on leisure activities and the social lives of the young people surveyed. The survey looked at: leisure activities after school and outside school; public transport; friendships; attitudes of other people; what the children and young people thought could be done to make their lives easier; information needs of parents; implications for policy; children and young people with additional complex needs; and students with learning difficulties who are blind or partially sighted..
Including students with severe and multiple disabilities in typical classrooms: practical strategies for teachers
- Author:
- DOWNING June E
- Publisher:
- Paul H. Brookes
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 209p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Baltimore, MD
Guide to including children with multiple disabilities in mainstream education. Combines up to date research from the United States with case studies. Describes how to perform accurate functional assessments, stresses the importance of teaching skills with everyday applications, offers alternatives to visual and auditory communication modes, provides ideas for enhancing socialisation, and explains how to involve all members of the school community. Looks at how learning needs change as children progress from pre-school to primary to secondary education.