Special Education: A Time for Change

Authors

  • Áine Hyland

Keywords:

Special Education, Change, Special Education Review Committee, Provision, School System, S.E.N., Special Educational Needs, Policy, Legislation, Integration, Resource, Allocation, Teacher Training, In-Service, Reform

Abstract

The anticipated report of the Special Education Review Committee will indicate important policy directions for special needs education in Ireland for the next century. Official policy statements issued at various times in the past decade, in supporting the ideal of integration, have been at variance with a consistently restrained approach to the allocation of necessary resources. 

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Published

1993-11-11

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Hyland, Áine. (1993). Special Education: A Time for Change. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 7(1), 3–11. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/422

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (1993)

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