Michael Farrell

Special Educational Needs

A Resource for Practitioners

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

`Essential reading for every SENCO, in fact, for everyone involved in special educational needs' - Dr Tony Lingard, Head of Learning Support, Cambourne Science and Community CollegeThis book provides a `route map' for special education. Through examining related disciplines, which illuminate the field, it considers how special education can be better understood.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 315g
• ISBN-13: 9780761942382
• ISBN-10: 0761942386
• Artikelnr.: 22104759

Autorenporträt

Michael Farrell works as a special education consultant. His work has included policy development and training with local education authorities, work with voluntary organisations, support to schools in the independent and maintained sectors, and advice to the State Bureau of Foreign Experts, China and the Ministry of Education, Seychelles. He lectures widely in the United Kingdom and abroad.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Historical Dimensions
Legal Definitions Relating to SEN, Local Criteria and the SENDIST
Political Judgements, Inclusion and the Future of Special Schools
Ethical Issues in Preventing and Treating Disabilities and Learning
Difficulties
SEN Funding in a Re-Distributive Society
The Medical Model in an Integrated Approach
Sociological Influences in Special Education Guidance and Perspectives
Psychological and Other Approaches to Teaching and Learning
National Frameworks
Further Clarity
Local Frameworks
Closer Liaison
School Frameworks
Widening Accountability