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This thought-provoking and accessible book provides an overview of key issues in the education of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Written by highly experienced practitioners and educationalists, the book explores a range of approaches for working with this diverse group of learners and invites you to consider your possible responses.

The book begins with an historical overview of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and a critical guide to current policy. The contributors then expertly explore and summarise many of the fascinating topics which arise in practice and scholarly research in this area, including:

  • Ethical and practical implications of labelling children and young people with forms of special educational needs or disability
  • The role of special schools, particularly in light of enduring debates about inclusion/exclusion
  • What increased student participation, student voice and other facets of a democratic cla

    Table of Contents
    Section One
    Historical and socio-political agendas around defining and including children with special educational needs
    Labelling Learners with ‘SEND’: the good, the bad and the ugly
    Inclusive education for children with special educational needs: current uncertainties and future directions
    Special educational needs and the ‘world out there’

    Section Two
    The therapeutic classroom: challenging the ‘mad, bad or sad’ hypothesis
    Self-esteem in the classroom
    The democratic classroom
    Relationships in and around the classroom
    The ideal school?

Contemporary Issues in Special Educational Needs

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      Publisher: Open University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780335243631, 978-0335243631
      ISBN10: 335243630
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This thought-provoking and accessible book provides an overview of key issues in the education of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Written by highly experienced practitioners and educationalists, the book explores a range of approaches for working with this diverse group of learners and invites you to consider your possible responses.

      The book begins with an historical overview of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and a critical guide to current policy. The contributors then expertly explore and summarise many of the fascinating topics which arise in practice and scholarly research in this area, including:

      • Ethical and practical implications of labelling children and young people with forms of special educational needs or disability
      • The role of special schools, particularly in light of enduring debates about inclusion/exclusion
      • What increased student participation, student voice and other facets of a democratic cla

        Table of Contents
        Section One
        Historical and socio-political agendas around defining and including children with special educational needs
        Labelling Learners with ‘SEND’: the good, the bad and the ugly
        Inclusive education for children with special educational needs: current uncertainties and future directions
        Special educational needs and the ‘world out there’

        Section Two
        The therapeutic classroom: challenging the ‘mad, bad or sad’ hypothesis
        Self-esteem in the classroom
        The democratic classroom
        Relationships in and around the classroom
        The ideal school?

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