The Assessment of Special Educational Needs: Whose Problem?

ISBN-13: 9780582085145 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 198 str.

David Galloway

Opis

This investigates the assessment of emotional and behavioural difficulties under provision in the 1981 Education Act, as seen by professionals and clients. The authors studied the process of assessing 29 children who had been referred on account of emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Spis treści

Prefaces
Notes on Authorship
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
List of figures and tables
Disclaimers

Part 1: The context of assessment
1. The origins and meaning of special educational needs
2. The 1988 Education Reform Act: liberator or albatross?
3. The allocation and negotiation of resources

Part 2: Children's parents' and professional perspectives
4. Children's perspectives on assessment
5. Parents' participation
6. Educational psychologists: educationalists, clinicians or resource gatekeepers?

Part 3: Looking beyond the data
7. Categories and social identities
8. Professional cultures and their consequences
9. Multidisciplinary assessment: Is it justified?
10. Conclusions

O autorze

David M Galloway, Derrick Armstrong, Sally Tomlinson