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The nature and definitions of SEN
- Coulston and Smith, 2013
Inclusion = best practices and
shared values Providing
support needed for growth and
development
- UNCRPD, 2006
Needs new thinking
about disabled
pupils Need to move
away from SEN
deficit model to an
empowering-rights
based view The idea
of SEN is evolving
(bring in historic
reference here!!)
- Difference in Special need (ESOL)
Special educational need
(dyslexia)
- is SEN a contested concept
- Isaksson et al. 2010
Schools are arenas
for catagorisation
- Terzi, 2005
Concept of sen is
theoretically difficult
to specify in
practice
- Ofsted, 2004
Found wide
variations in what
was being
catagorised as
sen
- Models of SEN
- Tragedy or psycho-medical model
The tradition ideology through
western society has conceptualised
SEN
- Medical Model
Governed by 3
essential elements:
Assess what symptoms
a child presents with
Diagnose and label the
condition or syndrome
Cure or treat the
condition or syndrome
- Criticisms: Theoretically weak
Locates the causation but does
not give solutions
- Social model: Vitally
important means of
overcoming the prejudicial
attitudes shown by society
- This model is theoretically flawed
this model doesn’t address the idea
that disabled people cannot be
happy or enjoy an adequate life…
- Rights based model
Recognises the existence
of structural discrimination
against disabled people in
society
- On education - All children
should attend a mainstream
school based within the
community
- Is it stigmatising or supporting of children’s learning and social needs
- labelling theory
- self fulfilling prophecy