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Author:   Richard Rieser
Publisher:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Imprint:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.197kg
ISBN:  

9781849290739

ISBN 10:   1849290733
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   19 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Introduction Adoption of the Convention The Commonwealth and the Convention What do young disabled people want? The long road to inclusive education 2. Inclusive Education: The Global Situation Why is there so little progress on including disabled children in EFA? 3. Changing Attitudes to Disability The shift from charity thinking to social and human rights thinking The development of charity and medical model thinking The development of social model thinking 4. Inclusive Education Segregation, integration and inclusion Integration or inclusion? Inclusion for all: Is it a tool for bringing about disability equality in education? The disability rights education model Community-based rehabilitation Identifying early childhood needs Effective inclusive education The costs of inclusion Gender and inclusion Inclusive education for disabled indigenous people Key factors in the development of inclusive education 5. Developing and Implementing Policy Internationally The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities International Disability Alliance The Commonwealth Disabled Peoples’ International Disability Rights Fund Department for International Development, UK The policy positions of international donors Education International Enabling Education Network European Union Inclusion International International Disability and Development Consortium Making It Work Save the Children UNESCO UNICEF World Bank World Health Organization World Vision Conclusion 6. Developing National Inclusion Policies Involving disabled people’s organisations Involving the parents of disabled children What progress are states making in implementing inclusive education? Inclusion and the HIV/AIDs pandemic 7. Inclusion at Provincial, Regional and District Level Involving disabled children and young people Inclusion at district level 8. Inclusive Schools and Classrooms Accommodating disabled pupils UNESCO Toolkit Index for Inclusion Getting school buildings right Teaching sensory-impaired children in poorer countries Children with profound or multiple impairments Integration or inclusion? Training and employing disabled teachers Implementing the Discrimination Act in schools in England: Reasonable accommodations Annex: Reasonable adjustments in the classroom – a checklist 9. Preventing Drop-out: Developing Inclusive Teaching and Learning Challenging and changing attitudes in the community Barriers to inclusion Bringing disability into the curriculum Assessment Teacher training and professional development Conclusion 10. Conclusion How effective is inclusive education? World Report on Disability, 2011 Overcoming negative attitudes Scaling up pilot projects Inclusion: the ‘magic formula’ The way forward Appendices 1. Useful Resources 2. The Long Road to Inclusive Education for Disabled Children Bibliography

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[M]akes a significant contribution to the literature of inclusive education.

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Richard Rieser is a disabled teacher who taught for 25 years in primary, secondary and further education. He was as an Advisory Teacher for Inclusion in the London Borough of Hackney (until April 2001). He was the Director of Disability Equality in Education (DEE) until 2009, an NGO proving training and resources for inclusion. Richard currently runs World of Inclusion Ltd. For 11 years, from 1990 to 2002, he was Chair of the Alliance for Inclusive Education.

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