Learning support for special educational needs Potential for progress   Peggy Heeks and Margaret Kinnell   ISBN 0 947568 69 7 1997 £22.00/US$42.00     Order this book   Recommend to library   Back   Home

CONTENTS     THE NATIONAL CONTEXT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION   Government legislation The Code of Practice Literacy standards Parent power Values and attitudes     WHO IS SPECIAL?   Definitions Changing perceptions of special educational need Identifying special educational needs Being special     HELP FROM OUTSIDE SCHOOL   LEA obligations Funding arrangements LEA support systems School Library Services Other agencies     SCHOOL RESPONSES TO SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS   Management issues The curriculum Support systems Teaching strategies Training     LIBRARY RESPONSES TO SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS   Knowing Planning Providing Networking     THE INCLUSIVE LIBRARY   The vision The opportunities The strategies     RESOURCES FOR LEARNING   The buyers The suppliers The publishers Support agencies     CONCLUSIONS   How is the National Curriculum affecting children with special educational needs? How are SEN children best supported? How are recent perceptions about special educational needs affecting school structures and programmes? How are school librarians responding to recent initiatives relating to special educational needs? How is collaboration between subject teachers, learning support staff and librarians fostered? How do LEA services affect school responses to special educational needs What are the characteristics of good practice?     SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY     APPENDIX: Profiles of case-studied schools