Special Educational Provision in the Context of Inclusion: Policy and Practice in Schools

by Wearmouth,Janice

• ISBN13: 9781853467912
• ISBN10: 185346791X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-08-24
• Publisher: David Fulton Pu

Summary

This text traces the development of special educational provision and goes on to concentrate on some of the key issues relevant to professionals currently working in the field. It looks at the recent drive towards inclusion and the implication this has for schools. In the present market-oriented context in education, there are a number of dilemmas facing schools that attempt to include all pupils and at the same time respond to the current focus on academic achievement in a national climate of competition and accountability. The book offers practical examples of ways to resolve these dilemmas at the level of the LEA, the school, the classroom and the individual child. Part One gives an overview of special and inclusive education, current thinking around issues related to equal opportunities, and how this affects schools. It also illustrates how one Local Education Authority has tried to promote a policy of inclusion in its schools. Part Two includes a discussion of the challenges facingteachers in schools who attempt to put current national policies related to inclusion into practice and provides practical examples of whole-school and classroom initiatives to support the learning of groups of pupils and individuals within them. Included are chapters on professional development for teachers of special educational needs, classroom strategies for teacher and pupil support teachers and advice on differentiation, OFSTED and inclusive schools, the SENCO in the secondary school, and equal opportunities for all. This book will appeal to all teachers, SENCOs, head teachers and governors in every sector of the education system, parents, academics and course members on teachers' continuing professional development courses.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	ix
Part 1: Policy at national and local levels	1	(94)
The Warnock Report: The Historical Background'	5	(31)
Equal Opportunities - for whom?	36	(10)
Peter Mittler
Inclusive Schools, the quality of education and OFSTED school inspection	46	(26)
Robin C. Richmond
Investigating inclusion: an evaluation of a teachers' professional development course	72	(23)
Janice Wearmouth
Part 2: Policy into practice in schools	95	(224)
The case of Downland	99	(20)
Catherine Clark
Alan Dyson
A. J. Millward
D. Skidmore
What's the weight of a badger? Teachers' experiences of working with children with learning difficulties	119	(18)
Philip Garner
The special needs co-ordinator in the secondary school	137	(12)
Kate Griffiths
Teacher support teams for special educational needs in primary schools	149	(20)
Brahm Norwich
Harry Daniels
Working with outside agencies	169	(18)
Caroline Roaf
Talking and working together	187	(29)
Neil Mercer
Helping readers who have Fallen behind	216	(12)
Frank Merrett
Listening to children	228	(17)
Irvine S. Gersch
Pupil participation in the social and education processes of a primary school	245	(19)
Jacquie Coulby
David Coulby
Classroom strategies for teacher and pupil support	264	(19)
Rena Harris-Cooksley
Robert Catt
Pygmalion Lives on	283	(8)
Janice Wearmouth
Therapeutic provision in mainstream curricula for pupils with severe motor difficulties	291	(14)
Pilla Pickles
Teachers and differentiation	305	(14)
Philip Garner
Viv Hinchcliffe
Sarah Sandow
Index	319