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Barasley Responds to the 1981 Act
Author(s) -
Conway Jim,
Hepworth Roy
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8578.1987.tb00279.x
Subject(s) - officer , metropolitan area , special educational needs , special education , education act , sociology , special needs , pedagogy , management , political science , psychology , law , geography , archaeology , psychiatry , economics
Findings from the countrywide study of how local education authorities have been implementing the 1981 Education Act, given in the preceding pages, are complemented by this case study of one LEA's response to the Act. Jim Conway, adviser, special educational needs, and Roy Hepworth, assistant education officer, Metropolitan District of Barnsley, also refer to some of the issues raised by Professor Wedell and his coauthors, including the definition of ‘special educational needs’, the way the term is being interpreted, and the continuing emphasis on within‐child factors.