Special educational needs and disability in education : a legal guide / Simon Whitbourn.

London : Butterworths LexisNexis, 2002.

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Special education -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

Educational equalization -- Great Britain.

People with disabilities -- Education -- Great Britain.

Educational law and legislation -- Great Britain.

Children.

1. Introduction

2. Special educational needs : definitions and general principles

3. Special schools and schools providing for children with special educational needs

4. General responsibilities for children with special educational needs

5. Identification and assessment of children with special educational needs

6. Statements of special educational needs : content and procedure

7. Statements of special educational needs : re-assessment, review, amendment and cessation

8. Appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

9. Challenging decisions of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

10. Dispute resolution, accountability and liability

11. Disability discrimination : definitions and general principles, claims and conciliation

12. The meaning of disability

13. Disability discrimination in primary and secondary education

14. Disability discrimination in further and higher education

15. The Disability Rights Commission.

Includes index.

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xlv, 430 p.