Included or excluded? : the challenge of the mainstream for some SEN children

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This highly topical text suggests that distinctions should be made between kinds of special need in special education, and the possibility addressed that some SEN children might be happier and more effective as learners within non-mainstream settings. Content: A defence of moderate inclusion and the end of ideology / Colin Low -- Rights, efficacy and inclusive education / Geoff Lindsay -- Children with autistic spectrum disorders / Lorna Wing -- Speaking as a parent : thoughts about educational inclusion for autistic children / Charlotte Moore -- 'Jig-sawing it together' : reflections on deaf pupils and inclusion / Joy Jarvis -- The road to Marrakesh : reflections on small schools and fragile children / William Colley -- Diversity and choice for children with complex needs / Will Spurgeon -- Dilemmas of inclusion and the future of education / Brahm Norwich -- Reforming special educational needs law : vocabulary and distributive justice / William Evans -- Beyond the dilemma of difference : the capability approach to disability and special educational needs / Lorella Terzi -- The challenge of meeting additional educational needs with or without statements of special educational need / Ingrid Lunt -- But what about the others? : patterns of student achievement in inclusive schools / Alan Dyson ... [et al.] -- Towards a more inclusive education system : where next for special schools? / Mel Ainscow -- Visions for the village : a new framework for inclusive learning / Dela Smith -- Inclusion through technology for autistic children / Dinah Murray and Wendy Lawson -- Are some children unteachable? : an approach to social, emotional and behavioural difficulties / Paul Cooper -- Nurture groups for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties / Marion Bennathan. Abstract: Suggests that distinctions should be made between kinds of special need, and the possibility addressed that some SEN children might be happier and more effective as learners within non-mainstream settings. This book is aimed at those involved in special education as well as the philosophy and ethics of education. Read more...