Whose Special Need?

More Ways than One - Sarah Sandow Models of Special Needs Introduction to Chapters 2 and 3 Legal Aid - David Anderson-Ford How Special Education is Defined in Law A Testing Time for Psychologists - Carol Aubrey Introduction to Chapters 4,5,6 and 7 It's His Condition, Mother - Jenny Corbett The Medical Model It's Not about Happy Endings - Sarah Sandow and Anne Stokes Individual and Family Therapies He Understands Every Word I Say - Jannet Wright The Speech and Language Therapist Unsung Heroes - Sarah Sandow Other Paramedical Specialisms Introduction to Chapters 8 and 9 It's all Society's Fault - Philip Garner Sociology and Special Education A Special Special Need - Viv Hinchcliffe Self-Advocacy, Curriculum and the Needs of Children with Severe Learning Difficulties Introduction to Chapter 10 Oh My God, Help! - Philip Garner What Newly Qualifying Teachers Think of Special Schools They Told Me He Would Be a Vegetable - Sarah Sandow Parents' Views Whose Special Need? - Sarah Sandow

'This book was a 'good read'' AFASIC Newsletter 'This is a book which does not dodge the issues. It encourages the reader to reflect on special educational needs from a political/ecological perspective and in doing so informs and stimulates' - Pastoral Care `This sharp little book pulls no punches with its opponents (real or perceived) across the ideological battleground of special education - which if nothing else makes for a refreshing read' - Child Language Teaching and Therapy