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Special needs at risk?
Author(s) -
THOMAS GARY
Publication year - 1995
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/j.1467-9604.1995.tb00022.x
Subject(s) - special educational needs , special needs , special education , learning disability , psychology , sociology , pedagogy , mathematics education , developmental psychology , psychiatry
Gary Thomas examines the concept of special educational needs, challenging the accepted wisdom of ‘one in five’ pupils. He maintains that while some children will learn more slowly than others it does not follow that they have a ‘learning difficulty’. He goes on to criticise what passes for provision and the level of over‐specialisation in this area which has had the effect of disempowering schools. He concludes that in these circumstances if special needs is at risk this is no bad thing.