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Strategies to Promote Inclusive Practice book cover

1st Edition

Strategies to Promote Inclusive Practice

Edited By Richard Rose, Christina Tilstone Copyright 2003
250 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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This book considers current issues in the development of policies to promote inclusive education for pupils with special educational needs. By examining issues from the perspective of individual pupils, schools, and local education authorities, it raises critical commentary on the ways forward for a co-ordinated approach to inclusion. Strategies to Promote Inclusive Practice draws upon the... Read more
Part 1: Responding to Diversity: The Development of Policies and Strategies 1. Ideology, Reality and Pragmatics: Towards an Informed Policy for Inclusion 2. Policies and Practice for the Management of Individual Learning Needs 3, Multicultural Inclusion for Pupils with Severe or Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties 4. Connecting the Disconnected: Exploring Issues of Gender, 'Race' and SEN within an Inclusive Context 5. Policies for Positive Management 6. Effective Multi-agency Work 7. Towards Inclusive Therapy: Policies and the Transformation of Practice Part 2: Policies into Practice through Two Core Subjects 8. Raising Standards in Mathematics 9. Policies for Promoting Literacy: Including Pupils with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties Part 3: Policies and Strategies: a Consideration of the Wider Context 10. Policies to Support Inclusion in the Early Years 11. Education for an Inclusive Adult Life: Policy for the 16-19 Phase 12. The Role of LEAs in Promoting Inclusion 13. 'The Tide has Turned': a Case Study of One Inner City LEA Moving Towards Inclusion 14. The Role of the Educational Psychologist in the Inclusion Process 15. Professional Development of Staff: Steps Towards Developing Policies

Biography

Christina Tilstone is Senior Lecturer at Birmingham University and also Editor of the British Journal of Special Education
Richard Rose is Principal Lecturer in Education at University of Nene, Northampton

'Christina Tilstone and Richard Rose have produced a lively, engaging and useful book. They bring together a range of contributors to examine ways in which the move to inclusion can be enhanced ... This is a throughly useful book, well compiled and edited, with helpful summaries...' - Gary Thomas, Times Educational Supplement

'This book is well researched, well written and presented in an accessible way for practitioners in the field of special education, particularly teachers, policy makers and support staff such as educational psychologists and specialist teachers. It would be particularly useful on training courses for SENCos.' - Andre Imich, British Journal of Special Education

'This is a thoroughly researched and well-written book that makes a timely contribution to discussions on the future development of schooling to meet all students' needs.' - British Educational Research Journal

'a powerfully written and exceptionally engaging book rooted within practice which makes a valuable contribution to present-day debate. I would unreservedly recommend it to a wide readership among lecturers, teachers, educational psychologists, students and all those involved in the education and care of young people.' - European Journal of Special Needs Education

'The book places as a pivotal position research and practice related to disabled people and individuals with labels of special educational needs (SENs) and will be of interest, as suggested, to practitioners, policy-makers and researchers' - Educational Review

'The book provides new insights and an interesting reading to all those who have concern for educational development, with an approach of equity and justice and to those rigorously working for promoting inclusive edducation.' - Journal of Educational Planning and Administration

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