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Including students with personal care and physical needs: a discussion of how attitudes of school and college staff impact on effective educational inclusion
Author(s) -
WOLSTENHOLME CAROL
Publication year - 2010
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.1467-9604.2010.01459.x
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , context (archaeology) , consistency (knowledge bases) , psychology , special needs , special educational needs , professional development , pedagogy , medical education , special education , medicine , social psychology , paleontology , geometry , mathematics , biology , psychiatry
This article explores the different ways in which inclusion is interpreted in the context of students who have personal care and physical needs. This varies according to professional and role orientations. The author gathers the views of practitioners in schools and colleges, as well as those working in local authority settings. The findings indicate variations in the level of willingness to include these students, and suggest the need for greater consistency in approach if the needs of such young people are to be met.