Inclusive education as a component of social work

A Challenge to Social Work Education

Lecturer in Mental Health, School of Economics; Chairman, Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, 1958-60 Of all the groups of untrained social workers in the statutory services, the mental welfare officers have been the most persistent their demand for training. The reasons why their cry went Unheard by the Ministry of Health and the local authorities is now Part of history?too recent to un...

Inclusive education: a Pacific perspective

People of the Pacific are urged to note that inclusive education, as defined by UNESCO , is ‘a process of addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of all learners through increasing participation in learning ... and reducing exclusion within and from education’ (Booth, 996 cited in UNESCO, 2003:7). The objective is to support education for all, with special emphasis on removing barri...

Links between inclusive education and inclusive research

In recent years, particularly since the Salamanca Statement (UNESCO, 1994), considerable attention has been given to inclusive education. The concept of inclusive research has also emerged (Walmsley and Johnson, 2003). Initially this was associated with people with learning disabilities but now has a wider application. The two concepts have some shared values and the links between inclusive edu...

Conflict Theories and Social Work Education

Developing a Native Model of Inclusive Education for Students with Special Needs in the Exceptional Education Organization

Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide a native model of inclusive education for students with special needs in the Exceptional Education Organization.  Methodology: The research method was mixed (qualitative and quantitative). The research method was qualitative, descriptive and thematic analysis with heuristic inductive approach. In this study, up to data saturation, 10 experts and pr...