Special Educational Needs: The Key Concepts

<p>Exploring the complex issues that surround special educational needs (SEN) both in and out of the classroom, this reader-friendly text considers the impacts that these issues have upon the child, the parent, the teacher, and the school as a whole. </p><p>Fully cross-referenced and including suggestions for further reading with each entry, areas discussed include:</p><ul> <li>pupil rights and empowerment </li> <li>parents and care workers </li> <li>curriculum and teaching </li> <li>inclusive approaches </li> <li>historical dimensions.</li> </ul><p>Providing an informative combination of practical, historical and legal terms and concepts, <em>Special Educational Needs: The Key Concepts</em> is a highly useful resource accessible to a broad audience.</p> <p>Introduction; Historical Dimensions and Current Themes; Definitions and Terminology; Legislation and Policy; Practice and Provision; Pupils, Professionals and Parents; Bibliography</p>