1st Edition

The Management of Special Needs in Ordinary Schools

Edited By Neville Jones, Tim Southgate Copyright 1991

    The management of special needs, especially those of students of secondary age, has received considerable attention in the past decade and, in the light of the new education legislation, will assume a new urgency. The Management of Special Needs in Ordinary Schools provides an overview of the issues facing teachers in secondary schools with pupils who have special needs. These issues include managerial and curricular problems, in-service training, the use of new technology and developing community links. The book also illustrates the changes in thinking and practice since the publication of the Warnock Report, Special Educational Needs (1978). The contributors range from teacher to chief education officer, and include headteachers, psychologists, advisors and administrators, as well as those involved in educational research. Drawing on their experience in the mainstream and in special schools, at secondary level and in further education, their contributions reflect an active involvement in the development of new approaches within this area of education. The educational experiences of those with special needs can be considerably broadened and enhanced through imaginative management and skilful use of resources. The book therefore emphasises practical approaches to the day-to-day and longer-term needs of pupils with disabilities in ordinary schools. All those working within this area will find much of relevance to their own work.

    INTRODUCTION; Part 1 MANAGEMENT AND SCHOOLS; Chapter 1 EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS AND PUPIL NEEDS, Tim Brighouse; Chapter 2 WELFARE AND NEEDS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Neville J. Jones; Chapter 3 WHOLE SCHOOL POLICIES: A QUESTION OF RIGHTS?, Caroline Roaf; Chapter 4 GUIDANCE, COUNSELLING AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS: MANAGEMENT AND CURRICULUM ISSUES, David Galloway; Part 2 INTEGRATION AND LEARNING; Chapter 5 INTEGRATING CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS: THE ORMEROD EXPERIENCE, Tim Southgate; Chapter 6 INTEGRATING PUPILS WITH BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES INTO MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS, Jackie Sunderland; Chapter 7 INTEGRATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS 14–19, Howard Brayton; Part 3 LEARNING AND THE CURRICULUM; Chapter 8 THE OXFORDSHIRE SKILLS PROGRAMME, John Hanson; Chapter 9 OPEN AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING: THE LAP PROGRAMME, Patrick Leeson; Chapter 10 TEACHING APPROACHES AND STUDENT NEEDS, Nigel Collins; Chapter 11 ABLE PUPILS IN OXFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS, Keith Postlethwaite, Mike Deans, Cliff Denton; Part 4 IN-SERVICE TRAINING, MICROELECTRONICS, THE COMMUNITY; Chapter 12 IN-SERVICE EDUCATION AND SPECIAL NEEDS, Frank Hodgson, Alan Trotter; Chapter 13 MICROTECHNOLOGY AND THE ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES, Pru Fuller, Tim Southgate; Chapter 14 SPECIAL NEEDS: THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE, Rhys Evans;

    Biography

    Neville Jones, Tim Southgate

    `... much practical help here' Times Educational Supplement