Integration: Pipe-Dream or Possibility?

Authors

  • Frieda Finlay
  • Mary Boyd
  • Maura Hallahan
  • Miriam Kennedy

Keywords:

Integration, Inclusion, Mainstream, Special Educational Needs, S.E.N., School System, Quality, Provision, Programme, Individual, Individualised Learning, Mental Handicap, Learning Difficulties

Abstract

For parents of children with mental handicap, the issues of terminology and categorisation are elements in an academic debate. Integration may be a desirable ideal but for those intimately involved with the special needs of their own children the current debate may be a dangerous distraction. The central concern should be that of choice and quality of provision based on the needs of the individual and not on the needs of the State. 

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Published

1994-11-11

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Finlay, F., Boyd, M., Hallahan, M., & Kennedy, M. (1994). Integration: Pipe-Dream or Possibility?. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 7(2), 85–88. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/414

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (1994)

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