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Parental Motivation for Specialist or Mainstream Placement
Author(s) -
Connor Michael J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9604.00026
Subject(s) - mainstream , psychology , order (exchange) , special needs , social psychology , pedagogy , public relations , political science , business , law , psychiatry , finance
Michael Connor is concerned about the stress placed on parents faced with the choice of special school or mainstream provision for their child. The tensions arising from this predicament may have less to do with the child’s needs than a multiplicity of other factors. Connor concludes that there is a very heavy onus on professionals not to take the easiest route but to provide sufficient counselling and advice in order to arrive at a properly balanced decision.