Whose Special Need?
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Description
This is a book which does not dodge the issues. It encourages the reader to reflect on special educational needs from a political/ecological perspective and in doing so informs and stimulates' - Pastoral Care
This book is designed for teachers in ordinary and special schools and student teachers. It presents a number of perspectives on special needs, coming from a range of professionals and others, and shows that 'special needs' is a complex and multifaceted concept which cannot easily be described. Readers are encouraged to develop their own perspectives in the light of the views presented here.
The contributors consider: legal definitions of special education; the medical model; psychological assessment; individual and family therapies; speech therapy; sociological perspectives; self-advocacy and the curriculum; teachers' views of special schools; and parents' views.
This unique book presents a problematic concept in an accessible manner, and encourages personal reflection on practice.
Contents
More Ways than One
- Models of Special Needs
Introduction to Chapters 2 and 3
Introduction to Chapters 2 and 3
Legal Aid
- How Special Education is Defined in Law
A Testing Time for Psychologists
A Testing Time for Psychologists
Introduction to Chapters 4,5,6 and 7
Introduction to Chapters 4,5,6 and 7
It’s His Condition, Mother
- The Medical Model
It’s Not about Happy Endings
- Individual and Family Therapies
He Understands Every Word I Say
- The Speech and Language Therapist
Unsung Heroes
- Other Paramedical Specialisms
Introduction to Chapters 8 and 9
Introduction to Chapters 8 and 9
It’s all Society’s Fault
- Sociology and Special Education
A Special Special Need
- Self-Advocacy, Curriculum and the Needs of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties
Introduction to Chapter 10
Introduction to Chapter 10
Oh My God, Help!
- What Newly Qualifying Teachers Think of Special Schools
They Told Me He Would Be a Vegetable
- Parents’ Views
Whose Special Need?
Whose Special Need?
Description
This is a book which does not dodge the issues. It encourages the reader to reflect on special educational needs from a political/ecological perspective and in doing so informs and stimulates' - Pastoral Care
This book is designed for teachers in ordinary and special schools and student teachers. It presents a number of perspectives on special needs, coming from a range of professionals and others, and shows that 'special needs' is a complex and multifaceted concept which cannot easily be described. Readers are encouraged to develop their own perspectives in the light of the views presented here.
The contributors consider: legal definitions of special education; the medical model; psychological assessment; individual and family therapies; speech therapy; sociological perspectives; self-advocacy and the curriculum; teachers' views of special schools; and parents' views.
This unique book presents a problematic concept in an accessible manner, and encourages personal reflection on practice.
Contents
More Ways than One
- Models of Special Needs
Introduction to Chapters 2 and 3
Introduction to Chapters 2 and 3
Legal Aid
- How Special Education is Defined in Law
A Testing Time for Psychologists
A Testing Time for Psychologists
Introduction to Chapters 4,5,6 and 7
Introduction to Chapters 4,5,6 and 7
It’s His Condition, Mother
- The Medical Model
It’s Not about Happy Endings
- Individual and Family Therapies
He Understands Every Word I Say
- The Speech and Language Therapist
Unsung Heroes
- Other Paramedical Specialisms
Introduction to Chapters 8 and 9
Introduction to Chapters 8 and 9
It’s all Society’s Fault
- Sociology and Special Education
A Special Special Need
- Self-Advocacy, Curriculum and the Needs of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties
Introduction to Chapter 10
Introduction to Chapter 10
Oh My God, Help!
- What Newly Qualifying Teachers Think of Special Schools
They Told Me He Would Be a Vegetable
- Parents’ Views
Whose Special Need?
Whose Special Need?
Reviews
January 1994 | 192 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 31/03/2026 | 9781853962196 | $122.00 |
This is a book which does not dodge the issues. It encourages the reader to reflect on special educational needs from a political/ecological perspective and in doing so informs and stimulates' - Pastoral Care
This book is designed for teachers in ordinary and special schools and student teachers. It presents a number of perspectives on special needs, coming from a range of professionals and others, and shows that 'special needs' is a complex and multifaceted concept which cannot easily be described. Readers are encouraged to develop their own perspectives in the light of the views presented here.
The contributors consider: legal definitions of special education; the medical model; psychological assessment; individual and family therapies; speech therapy; sociological perspectives; self-advocacy and the curriculum; teachers' views of special schools; and parents' views.
This unique book presents a problematic concept in an accessible manner, and encourages personal reflection on practice.
Table Of Contents:
- More Ways than One
- Models of Special Needs
- Introduction to Chapters 2 and 3
- Legal Aid
- How Special Education is Defined in Law
- A Testing Time for Psychologists
- Introduction to Chapters 4,5,6 and 7
- It’s His Condition, Mother
- The Medical Model
- It’s Not about Happy Endings
- Individual and Family Therapies
- He Understands Every Word I Say
- The Speech and Language Therapist
- Unsung Heroes
- Other Paramedical Specialisms
- Introduction to Chapters 8 and 9
- It’s all Society’s Fault
- Sociology and Special Education
- A Special Special Need
- Self-Advocacy, Curriculum and the Needs of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties
- Introduction to Chapter 10
- Oh My God, Help!
- What Newly Qualifying Teachers Think of Special Schools
- They Told Me He Would Be a Vegetable
- Parents’ Views
- Whose Special Need?