Baroness Mary Warnock in Conversation with Liam Lawlor

Authors

  • Liam Lawlor

Keywords:

SEN, Special Educational Needs, SEN Provision, Mary Warnock, Opinion

Abstract

In 1978 a committee chaired by Baroness Mary Warnock published a report entitled: ‘Special Educational Needs – Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People’. The Warnock report, as it became known, was the first review of educational provision for all children with special educational needs (SEN) in the UK since 1889. The focus of this article is a recently recorded conversation between Baroness Warnock and the author where her thoughts and opinions on SEN provision then and now are explored.

References

Department of Education (1975) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142), Washington DC: Author.

Department of Education and Science (DES) (1978) Special Educational Needs, Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People, London: HMSO (The Warnock Report).

Department of Education and Science (DES) (1981) Education Act ‘Special Educational Needs’, London: HMSO.

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Griffin, S. and Shevlin, M. (2007) Responding to Special Educational Needs: An Irish Perspective, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.

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Ireland (1998) Education Act, Dublin: The Stationery Office.

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Ireland (2004) Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act, Dublin: The Stationery Office.

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Warnock, M. (2005) Special Educational Needs: A New Look, London: Philosophy of Education of Great Britain.

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Published

2009-06-01

How to Cite

Lawlor, L. (2009). Baroness Mary Warnock in Conversation with Liam Lawlor. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 23(1), 47–58. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/105

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2009)

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