About this ebook
This brand new edition features:
" New chapters on families, interagency collaboration and issues of lifelong learning
" The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
" Policy reform proposals
" Equity and social justice in education
" The impact of new thinking on assessment
" Issues and developments in classification
" The preparation and qualifications that teachers need
The Handbook′s breadth, clarity and academic rigour will make it essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students, and also for practitioners, teachers, school managers and administrators.
About the author
Lani Florian is a Professor and Bell Chair of Education at the University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Special Education at the University of Vienna. She is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). Her research interests include models of provision for meeting the needs of all learners, and inclusive pedagogy. She is co-author of Achievement and Inclusion in Schools, winner of the 2008 NASEN/Times Education Supplement academic book award. She has consulted on special needs education and inclusion for a number of international organisations including Open Society Foundations, UNICEF, and the OECD.
