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Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion (Education Studies: Key Issues)

Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion (Education Studies: Key Issues)

by Alan Hodkinson (Author)

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    Paperback 2015

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Synopsis

Understanding and engaging critically with the field of special educational needs and disability (SEND) is a difficult task. However, the new edition of this bestselling book continues to help students contextualize SEND in relation to historical, ideological and political developments as well as support them in developing a critical understanding of the complexities associated with inclusion.

Completely up to date with recent legislation such as the SEND Code of Practice (2014) there are case studies, reflections and activities which will help students question practice they have seen and experienced.

Covering the 0-25 age range this book is suitable for all those working with children and young people across education, health and social work.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 216
 Edition: Second
 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: 05 Oct 2015
ISBN 10: 1473912253
ISBN 13: 9781473912250

Media Reviews

This highly engaging and accessible book critically explores the concept of Special Educational Needs and Inclusion from a plurality of perspectives. The author considers historical, cultural and social aspects of inclusion and uses case studies to illustrate the effects of policy and practice on the individual. This is an excellent, up-to-date resource for students of Education and education practitioners.

-- Marion Jones, Professor of Teacher Education
Alan Hodkinson has succeeded in producing a very readable, lucid and intelligently argued examination of SEN and inclusion in a national and international context. Students and teachers interested in reading a book that persuasively unlocks the development, principles and practices of this subject could do no better than to read this text.
-- Keith Crawford
Author Bio
Alan Hodkinson was for many years a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) and senior manager in the primary school sector. Currently, he is an Associate Professor, in the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope University.