Understanding and Responding to the Experience of Disability

ISBN-13: 9780415822909 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 170 str.

Jill Porter

Opis

This title informs readers about current understandings of disability and ways of recognizing the needs that arise from the lived experience of impairment in schools. While most schools have clear procedures in place with respect to identifying children with special educational needs, the same is not true for disability. Moreover, research suggests that many schools have restricted understanding of this distinction, often equating disability to children with SEN and children with health conditions, thereby failing to recognize the pivotal role of impact. In this text, Jill Porter argues that disability needs to be understood within the setting in which it is experienced, thereby recognizing that it is not a fixed attributable label, but one that is cultural, contextual and fluid.

Spis treści

1. Why the Need for Disability Data  2. Understanding Disability  3. Collecting Disability Data  4. What Data Tell Us about The Support Parents Value  5. What Data Tell us about Children’s Experiences  6. Using Disability Data in Schools  7. From Understanding to Responding

O autorze

Jill Porter is Director of Research in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, UK.