The Government’s education policy is focused on helping all children release their potential. We are committed to developing an education service that provides equality of opportunity and high achievement for all children. 2001
To make the most of paraprofessional support, teachers must change their role from gracious host to engaged teaching partner. Some radical new ideas from Mike Giangreco of Vermont University
This article describes the background to and the actual setting up and running of ' circles of friends' . We outline this approach to the inclusion of children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties
This is a short and powerful tool that takes no more than a half hour. Its effective in getting unstuck from a problem in life or work. Solution Circles are tools to build community capacity. It assumes and demonstrates that nearby people - in any community or work place have the capacity to help if asked. It requires a person to ASK - not an easy thing in our culture of privacy and ‘do it alone’. This tool puts all the values we espouse into practice and demonstrates that TOGETHER WE’RE BETTER.
This report provides critical evaluation of the arguments for and against the proposed creation of new Pupil Referral Units (PRU) for pupils spanning Key Stage 3 and 4 (2003)
Many forces and issues internal and external to us all can prevent change, especially when the change in question is greater inclusion of children who have not typically attended mainstream schools and settings