Special Educational Needs: Do We Know How to Educate?

This article reports the results is aimed at analyzing the evolution of the political discourse in Chile on Special Educational Needs,and also analyzes the relationship of speech with major public policy initiatives in terms of legislation,fiscal budget and direct action of the executive.You can see that they allow identifying important changes in the use of the main concepts,emphasis,and discussions associated with the promotion of inclusive education.Furthermore,there is a growing interest in the topic of diversity,both nationally and internationally,which is expressed in increasingly specific public policy initiatives to promote inclusive education.However,gaps and gaps persist between political discourse and policy initiatives,as well as between the approach of public policies in Chile and the state of the art of international discussion on the matter.

School Support Services Model for Students With Disabilities in General Education Classrooms： Using Data From the Special Needs Education Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

The purposes of this study were to establish a school support service model for students with disabilities in general classroom, and to explore the current status of school support services provided for students with disabilities in preschools, primary, and junior high schools. Therefore, this study used data from the Special Needs Education Longitudinal Study in Taiwan, collected in the 2007-2008 academic year. There were 2,924 students with disabilities selected in the study who were placed in general classrooms; 855 were in preschool, 1,079 were in primary school and 990 were in junior high school. The questionnaires in the database were answered by their teachers. The results of this study are listed, as follows： In terms of the school support service model for students with disabilities in the three stages of education, adjustment in teaching accounts for 1-15% of the explanatory power regarding the overall model, while support services account for 63-85%, which peak in junior high schools. Secondly, itinerant teachers are found to be the most important human resource in preschools. For primary and junior high schools, parents and special education teachers are the more prevalent influences. The more common school support services are tuition refunds, itinerant services, adjustments in examinations, and scholarships.

Incorporation of Media Arts for Chilean Young Students With Special Learning Needs

The present informal study of Information and Communication Technology(ICT)in special education through media arts.There are deep inequalities in the access of new technological opportunities and adaptive user experiences for students with special learning needs.Our goal as teacher educators is to improve enhance autonomous learning using the complementary subject of media arts.This new educational proposal aims to solve the technology usability problems for students with disabilities.The personalized autonomy of students’use technology in school learning is a key strategy for students with disabilities.For this study as with many schools,the technology resources and educational services to implement digital skills and new ICT teaching-learning strategies for the complementary subject of media arts is not available.Finally,implementing these digital skills is an essential part of the educational-labor system for adolescent students with disabilities.

Inclusive Education in Wales:Interpreting Discourses of Values and Practice Using Critical Policy Analysis

Purpose:This paper provides a detailed analysis of inclusive education policies in the context of major system reform in Wales,United Kingdom.Wales is currently undergoing the most significant changes to its education system since political devolution from the U.K.Government in I999.Key to these changes is the new Curriculum for Wales and the Additional Learning Needs(ALN)regulations;alongside these and wider system-level reforms,there is an ambition to create an inclusive education system in Wales.This paper explores how inclusion is articulated and communicated within the key policy and guidance documents,using two continuums-"practice"and"values"to map and interpret these documents.Design/Approach/Methods:This paper uses critical policy analysis to make sense of these various inclusive education policy reforms in Wales.Findings:The analysis reveals that despite a foregrounded commitment to inclusion,there is disparity both within and between the policy and guidance documents.Originality/Value:The paper highlights the lack of coherence of key messages articulated through education policy documentation in Wales,providing insight into the emerging national education system reforms,as well as developing an approach for evaluating inclusive education systems inotherjurisdictions.