Pathways to Inclusion: Moving from special school to mainstream |
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| Authors: | Kathryn Gibb Daniel Tunbridge Angelia Chua Norah Frederickson |
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| Institution: | 1. Lambeth Educational Psychology Service , London, UK;2. Essex Special Educational Needs and Psychology Service , UK;3. Singapore Educational Psychology Service;4. University College London and Buckinghamshire Educational Psychology Service , UK |
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| Abstract: | The present study investigated a schools partnership program that has achieved an unusually high level of reintegration of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) from a special school to neighbourhood mainstream schools. The study explores, through a qualitative methodology, the perspectives of mainstream and special school staff. Factors that were barriers and facilitators in successful inclusion are identified and a measure of social inclusion completed by peers is used to validate the perceptions of staff regarding the success of the children’s social inclusion. The article concludes by considering a model of special school–mainstream school partnerships in promoting inclusion, developed from the factors identified. |
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