First published in 1993. This book critically analyses the state of provision for special needs, exploring the problems faced by practitioners and suggesting that the area is fraught with such tensions that a radical reconceptualization is necessary. It considers how the field may be rethought and developed over the next decade and presents examples of innovatory practice which point the way forward to future provision and which are illustrative of the themes raised throughout the book.
Contributors; Introduction Alan Dyson and Charles Gains;
1. Using Soft
Systems Methodology to Rethink Special Needs Norah Frederickson
2. Special
Needs and Standard Provision Donald McIntyre
3. Turning the Kaleidoscope:
Working with Teachers Concerned about Special Educational Needs Catherine
Clark and Patrick Eeson
4. Flexible Learning Colin Nash
5. The Youth Village
Ian Galletley
6. Rethinking the Role of the Special Needs Co-ordinator:
Devolving the Remedial Department Jean Luscombe
7. Rethinking the Role of the
Special Needs Co-ordinator: The Quality Assurer Janet Simpson
8. Rethinking
the Role of the Special Needs Co-ordinator: The Institutional Developer
Elizabeth Scott
9. Changing the School by Reflectively Re-defining the Role
of the Special Needs Co-ordinator Christine OHanlon
10. Gritty, Sensible and
Utilitarian The Only Model? Special Educational Needs, Initial Teacher
Training and Professional Development David Thomas
11. How Will the
Self-managing School Manage? John Moore
12. Raising Standards: Sticking to
First Principles Tony Booth
13. Effective Thinking or Effective Policy? Roy
Evans
14. Special Needs and Effective Learning: Towards a Collaborative Model
for the Year 2000 Alan Dyson and Charles Gains; Index
Alan Dyson, Charles Gains
