Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

Parent Corner: Five steps

This brief paper explains that a parent's role as a child advocate is both a natural and a difficult one. The author goes on to offer parents a five step program designed to make sure their children are receiving an appropriate education. Keywords: Education, School age

Citizen Advocacy

This is a one page definition of citizen advocacy. Keyword: Advocacy

Step by step: A system's evolution towards inclusion

This article describes inclusion as an evolutionary process in which a whole system must undergo a change. Such a process is traced in a collection of five independent schools in Vermont. Keywords: Education, School age

Integration: Facts and fallacies

This is a report of a presentation by Dick Sobsey. He presented results of a study into integration, part of which involved reviewing over 420 books and articles on the subject. They found that 80% of studies showed favourable results.

Peter? He comes and goes...'

This article presents the results of a study into the perceptions of first grade students regarding the part time integration of students with moderate to severe disabilities into some classes. The findings reveal a common framework by which they assess their school life.

Focus on research: Educational practices in integrated settings associated with positive student outcomes

This article presents results of research which contributes to the literature demonstrating the beneficial effects of integrated educational placement for students with severe disabilities. The article has an extensive list of references. Keywords: Education, School age

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Parent Corner: Five steps

Citizen Advocacy

Step by step: A system's evolution towards inclusion

Integration: Facts and fallacies

Peter? He comes and goes...'

Focus on research: Educational practices in integrated settings associated with positive student outcomes

Figuring Out What To Do with the Grownups: How teachers make inclusion work for students with disabilities

Legal and ethical aspects of the management of newborns with severe disabilities

The ethics of limiting life sustaining treatment - a discussion paper

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