Disability Classification in Education: Issues and Perspectives

Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I. International and Cross-National Contexts Within the Current Use of Disability Classification 1. Disability Classification in Education - Lani Florian, Margaret J. McLaughlin The Purpose of the Book Structure of the Book 2. Cross-National Comparisons of Special Education Classification Systems - Judith Hollenweger Approaches to Develop Indicators Relevant to Special Needs Education 3. A Supply Side Approach for a Resource-Based Classification System - Serge Ebersold, Peter Evans A Resource-Based Approach From a Comparative Perspective A Resource-Based Approach for Policy Monitoring 4. Evolving Dilemmas About Categorization - Klaus Wedell Categorization in a Historical Perspective Recent Conceptualizations of Categorization 5. Disability Classification, Categorization in Education: A US Perspective - Philip J. Burke, Kristin Ruedel Prior to 1975 The Hobbs Report IDEA 6A. Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Stigma, Stereotypes, and Civil Rights in Disability Classification Systems - Diana Pullin Use of Classifications in Law Diminishing Disability 6B. Implications for Human and Civil Rights Entitlements: Disability Classification Systems and the Law of Special Education - Diana Pullin Applying IDEA Classifications IDEA and the No Child Left Behind Act New Contexts for Classification 7. The Classification of Pupils at the Educational Margins in Scotland: Shifting Categories and Frameworks - Sheila Riddell SEN Policy Frameworks Policy Frameworks and Classification Systems Policy Outcomes: Special Education and the Classification of Children in Scotland The Impact of Disability Legislation in Scotland The Education (Additional Support for Learning)(Scotland) Act 2004 Identifying Children With Additional Support Needs Rights of Appeal, Adjudication, and Mediation Inclusion and Additional Support for Learning Part II. Interaction and Impacts of Classification Policies on Educational Systems 8. Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems: Implications for Teachers and Curriculum and Pedagogy - Brahm Norwich Different Kinds of Classifications Are Categories of Disabilities and Difficulties Used in Special Education Relevant to Teaching? Implications for Classification of Special Educational Needs Concluding Comments 9. Disability Classification and Teacher Education - Michael L. Hardman, John McDonnell Preparing Teachers by Disability Category Beyond Disability Categories: Preparing All Teachers for a Standards-Driven System 10. Disproportionality in Special Education: A Transatlantic Phenomenon - Alan Dyson, Elizabeth Kozleski Disproportionality in Special Education in the USA Disproportionality in Special Education in England Disproportionality in Two Countries 11. Classification of Children With Disabilities in the Context of Performance-Based Educational Reform? An Unintended Classification System - Katherine Nagle, Martha L. Thurlow Background Performance-Based Accountability: A New Classification System Part III. New Approaches to the Classification Dilemma 12. International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health - Rune J. Simeonsson, Nancy E. Simeonsson, Judith Hollenweger Defining and Classifying Childhood Disability Classification Problems in Education The Dimensional Paradigm of Disability Toward a Common Language of Disability in Special Education 13. Learning Disabilities in the United States: Operationalizing a Construct - Deborah L. Speece 14. Beyond the Dilemma of Difference: The Capability Approach on Disability and Special Educational Needs - Lorella Terzi Conceptualizing Differences in Education: Disability and Special Educational Needs Reconceptualizing Disability: The Capability Approach Beyond the Dilemma of Difference: The Capability Approach in Education 15. Concluding Thoughts: On Perspectives and Purposes of Disability Classification Systems in Education - Martyn Rouse, Kelly Henderson, Lou Danielson References Index