Implementing a Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Authors

  • David J. Mehaffey

Keywords:

Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Implementation, Warnock Report, Health Services, Therapeutic Services, Setting, Approach, Disabilities, Difficulties, Nothern Ireland, Parents, Parent-Teacher, Relationships, Team, Collaboration, SEN, Special Needs, Report, Policies, Legislation

Abstract

The Warnock Report recommended the "concentration of both health services including therapeutic services and specialised teaching in one setting". This approach is being successfully implemented in a school for children with our disabilities in Northern Ireland where parents are an important part of the team 

References

Cooke, G. (1986). "Warnock and After". Residential Education: What Future, N.A.H.T. Conference Paper, Sheffield.

Education (1985). Education (Special Educational Needs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985. Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland, No. 365.

Fish, J. (1985). Special Education: The Way Ahead. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Northern Ireland (1984). The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1984. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

Warnock (1978). Special Educational Needs. The Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

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Published

1989-11-11

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Mehaffey, D. J. (1989). Implementing a Multi-Disciplinary Approach. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 3(1), 44–48. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/489

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (1989)

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