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The Welcome Workbook is a practical resource for people working in local authorities who want to see an increase in the number of children fulfilling their right to mainstream education. By providing a clear self-review framework, The Welcome Workbook enables local authorities to audit their existing processes and map a route towards more inclusive provision for a greater number of children and young people, with positive benefits for all.
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Drawn up by CSIE in 1989 and now signed by a growing number of organisations, LEAs, Trade Unions, MPs and Peers. This six-point Charter calls for the phasing out of special schools for educational and human rights reasons and includes a revised explanatory back-up paper. Download pdf Inclusion Charter pdf
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A look at the evidence and the reasons why, whatever the degree of interaction with mainstream schools, special schools are necessarily segregating institutions. Dr Sharon Rustemier's report draws on the substantial bodies of educational and social psychological evidence to illustrate the damage of this segregation and its links with stigma, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination.
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Colour A4 poster outlining arguments supporting the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools. Download PDF here
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This report by Dr Sharon Rustemier puts forward the substantial and persuasive international human rights principles supporting inclusive education. It reveals a catalogue of uncomfortable facts about segregated education in the UK and challenges traditional assumptions sustaining segregation. RRP: £8.00 ISBN: 1 872001 15 7
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All LEAs in England are ranked according to their placement of pupils with statements of special educational needs in special schools and other segregated settings. Disturbing local variations in segregation are revealed along with very little progress towards inclusion during the three year period. Essential reading for LEAs, schools, teacher trainers, voluntary organisations, parents, governors and students. ISBN: 1 872001 48 3
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Five pages of references that support the leaflet, 'Reasons against segregated schooling'. Download pdf
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This A4 leaflet outlines the key reasons against segregated special schooling for disabled children. Download PDF
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Information leaflet on Article 24 (Education) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) which emphasizes disabled children's rights to an inclusive education. The leaflet also offers information on the Convention's relevance to UK schools, relevant UK legislation and guidance, and a range of useful resources. The leaflet opens up to an A2-sized poster designed to be displayed in schools. Download PDF
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This illustrated report tells the story up to 1987 of Kirsty Arrondelle who has been successfully educated in mainstream schools. Kirsty has Down's syndrome and her education is a tribute to the partnership between her parents, the LEAs and the primary school headteachers and teachers involved in her placements. ISBN: 0 946828 13 X