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The Placement of Pupils with Down's Syndrome: a survey of one northern LEA.
Author(s) -
Lorenz Stephanie
Publication year - 1995
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.1467-8578.1995.tb00905.x
Subject(s) - special educational needs , legislature , cohort , psychology , special education , mathematics education , pedagogy , special needs , developmental psychology , medical education , political science , medicine , psychiatry , law
Although the 1981 Education Act encouraged LEAs to integrate pupils with special educational needs, responses varied widely. Stephanie Lorenz, an LEA educational psychologist, considers the effects of legislative change on the integration of a cohort of pupils with Down's Syndrome in one LEA.