Controversial Issues in Special Education

First published in 1997. This book provides practitioners in the field of special education with the information they need to decide whether controversial diagnoses and treatments in this field are valid. The aim of this book is to review the literature on each topic and comment on the current state of the art of each in a way which is accessible to teachers, other professionals and parents. The book is of relevance to all teachers and other professionals who are concerned with the education of children with SEN, including teachers in mainstream and special schools.

Garry Hornby, Mary Atkinson, Jean Howard

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Controversial Diagnoses; Chapter 2 Autism; Chapter 3 Dyslexia - Can it be Distinguished from Other Forms of Reading Difficulty?; Chapter 4 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Is it a Distinct Disorder and a Useful Concept?; Part 2 Controversial System-Wide Interventions; Chapter 5 Integration of Children with Special Educational Needs into Mainstream Schools-Inclusion or Delusion?; Chapter 6 Exclusions - Whose Needs are Being Met?; Part 3 Controversial Group Interventions; Chapter 7 Conductive Education - Is it Effective?; Chapter 8 Instrumental Enrichment - Is This the Answer to Raising Standards of Achievement in Our Schools?; Chapter 9 Peer/Parent Tutoring - is it Effective?; Part 4 Controversial Individual Interventions; Chapter 10 Coloured Lenses and Overlays - Do They Really Work?; Chapter 11 Facilitated Communication - Fact or Fantasy?; Chapter 12 Reading Recovery - Does it Work and is it Cost-effective?; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 13 Epilogue;