
Education, Disability and Social Policy
Policy Press
2nd Edition
Published on 30. April 2025
Book
Hardback
180 pages
978-1-4473-6984-4 (ISBN)
Description
Educational opportunities for disabled children remain a vital contemporary issue in British social policy. This new edition of the milestone book Education, Disability and Social Policy outlines critical debates in education concerning the position and experiences of disabled children and young people within a contemporary policy context.
Incorporating new voices from leading thinkers, this second edition includes a fresh introduction and updates to key chapters, including whether the Children and Families Act (2014) resolved tensions between parents and local authorities over resources, and proposals for a whole-school, strengths-based approach to social, emotional and mental health difficulties. In addition, it includes a new discussion on the intersection of race and disability.
Incorporating new voices from leading thinkers, this second edition includes a fresh introduction and updates to key chapters, including whether the Children and Families Act (2014) resolved tensions between parents and local authorities over resources, and proposals for a whole-school, strengths-based approach to social, emotional and mental health difficulties. In addition, it includes a new discussion on the intersection of race and disability.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a powerful contribution to the literature on education, disability and social policy in the UK, of interest to practitioners, experts, and parents alike." Patrick Diamond, Senior Research Fellow, Policy Network "This book builds on a first edition to give a welcome updated overview of educational provision for children and young people with SEN/disabilities. It is timely given the increasing barriers to providing a more inclusive education in the current challenging policy and funding context." Brahm Norwich, University of Exeter "This book seeks to identify and analyse a range of significant issues and questions concerning the position and experiences of disabled people in education and society generally. It highlights some of the complex, contentious and contradictory ideas and practices that are currently integral to the system of policy and provision within education and society generally. It contains a wealth of ideas, insights and questions and should be of interest to all those concerned with the well-being of all learners." Len Barton, Executive Director of IDRIS, Emeritus Professor of Inclusive Education, University of London. "The emphasis on including all children and for joined-up thinking makes this book an important contribution to understanding current challenges and potential solutions. School leaders will find the analysis compelling and the guidance practically useful." Jane Farrell, Mulberry Schools Trust"This new edition could not have come at a better time, as England finally begins to reckon with its rapidly imploding SEND system. By bringing together some of the most experienced and knowledgeable voices in the sector, it weaves together the historic with the contemporary, and the practical with the theoretical, providing an invaluable perspective on where our education system - and society more broadly - might go next." Loic Menzies, Centre for Education Systems
More details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
6 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Tabellen
3 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-6984-4 (9781447369844)
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Persons
Steve Haines is Director of Public Affairs at Impetus.
David Ruebain is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Culture, Equality and Inclusion and Professor of Law at the University of Sussex.
David Ruebain is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Culture, Equality and Inclusion and Professor of Law at the University of Sussex.
Contributions
Hearing Loss and Deafness Alliance
University of Bristol
Newcastle University
The University of Edinburg
University of Edinburgh
Seashell Trust
National Deaf Children's Society
University of Birmingham
SUNY Cortland
Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich
Content
Foreword by Sam Freedman
Foreword by Dame Christine Lenehan
Foreword by Professor Tom Shakespeare
Introduction - David Ruebain and Steve Haines
1. Disability and education in historical perspective - Anne Borsay
2. Continuity and tensions between the SEND framework and disability rights legislation in recent legislative reforms - Brian Lamb
3. Multi-agency working and children and young people with disabilities: from 'what works' to 'active becoming' - Liz Todd and Jo Rose
4. Disabled students in higher education: what progress has been made over the last 30 years? - Sheila Riddell and Elisabet Weedon
5. Meeting the standard but failing the test: the case of children and young people with sensory impairments and access to assessments and qualifications - Caireen Sutherland and Martin McLean
6. Exploring the intersection of race and disability in English schools - Valentina Migliarini and Chelsea Stinson
7. The hidden world of within- school exclusion - Rob Webster
8. Social, emotional and mental health needs in educational settings: putting wellbeing into socio- relational context - Robin Banerjee
Conclusion - David Ruebain and Steve Haines
Foreword by Dame Christine Lenehan
Foreword by Professor Tom Shakespeare
Introduction - David Ruebain and Steve Haines
1. Disability and education in historical perspective - Anne Borsay
2. Continuity and tensions between the SEND framework and disability rights legislation in recent legislative reforms - Brian Lamb
3. Multi-agency working and children and young people with disabilities: from 'what works' to 'active becoming' - Liz Todd and Jo Rose
4. Disabled students in higher education: what progress has been made over the last 30 years? - Sheila Riddell and Elisabet Weedon
5. Meeting the standard but failing the test: the case of children and young people with sensory impairments and access to assessments and qualifications - Caireen Sutherland and Martin McLean
6. Exploring the intersection of race and disability in English schools - Valentina Migliarini and Chelsea Stinson
7. The hidden world of within- school exclusion - Rob Webster
8. Social, emotional and mental health needs in educational settings: putting wellbeing into socio- relational context - Robin Banerjee
Conclusion - David Ruebain and Steve Haines