Description: Understanding and Responding to the Experience of Disability, Paperback by Porter, Jill, ISBN 0415822912, ISBN-13 9780415822916, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Understanding and Responding to the Experiences of Disability informs readers about current understandings of disability and ways of recognizing the needs that arise from the lived experience of impairment in schools. While most schools have clear procedures in place with respect to identifying children with Special Educational Needs, the same is not true for disability. Moreover research suggests that many schools have restricted understanding of this distinction, often equating disability to children with SEN and children with health conditions, thereby failing to recognize the pivotal role of impact. In this insightful text, Jill Porter argues that disability needs to be understood within the setting in which it is experienced, thereby recognizing that it is not a fixed attributable label, but one that is cultural, contextual and fluid. By providing a theoretical basis for understandings of disability around notions of impairment, experience and impact, th combines three key components: a conceptual understanding of disability - to provide a clear value driven framework for professional responses; an empirical illustration of the development of materials to support an understanding of why the process of disability data collection cannot simply be reduced to two questions on a form; embedded illustrative case study material to provide exemplars of how the materials can be contextualised and used to make adjustments to enhance the participation of all children"--
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Book Title: Understanding and Responding to the Experience of Disability
Number of Pages: 162 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Understanding and Responding to the Experience of Disability
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Special Education / General, General
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.1 in
Subject Area: Education
Author: Jill Porter
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback