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OECD Observer: General » Books . ?Attitudes are the real disability?, says Henry Holden, a well-known comedian and advocate for the disabled. Education is clearly important in this respect, but ironically, schools themselves have much to do in how they deal with disabled students. Whether teenagers are confined to a wheelchair or are struggling with epilepsy, dyslexia or depression, getting an education can be a tough test indeed. For the past few decades, schools have taken on increasing responsibility for educating youth with disabilities and mainstreaming them into regular classrooms. Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages , the fourth report in an ongoing OECD series on disabilities and education, takes a practical look at numbers, measuring how a sample of 17 countries provide for students with special needs. The countries surveyed all have, or are currently preparing, laws that ensure full access to education for all students, although with varying degrees of

Priory Woods is a special school for children aged 4 to 19 years with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties. A centre of excellence for the teaching of students with SLD and PMLD, Priory Woods delivers a broad and balanced curriculum.

Definition of Best school psychology graduate programs The responsibility of shaping the future of a nation in terms of nurturing its children and guiding the youth comes in the province of a school psychologist who is professionally trained to work and collaborate with tripartite stakeholders-students, teachers and families.

Attitudes of mainstream teachers towards the inclusion of children with special needs in the ordinary school were surveyed soon after the release of the Green Paper. The survey was carried out in one Local Education Authority in the south-west of England and the sample comprised of 81 primary and secondary teachers. The analysis revealed that teachers who have been implementing inclusive programmes, and therefore have active experience of inclusion, possess more positive attitudes.

The purpose of the Department for Children, Schools and Families is to make this the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up. We want to: * make children and young people happy and healthy * keep them safe and sound * give them a top class education * help them stay on track.