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Support Services and Mainstream Schools: A Guide for Working Together »

Book cover image of Support Services and Mainstream Schools: A Guide for Working Together by Mike Blamires

Authors: Mike Blamires, John Moore
ISBN-13: 9781843120636, ISBN-10: 1843120631
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Mike Blamires

Book Synopsis

Schools are sometimes unaware of what support services can do for them while support services need to perform a credible and relevant function. This book will help either party to: make ideas work by being aware of implementation issues; benefit from those lessons learned by successful partnerships; and succeed with the right criteria for effective support.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement
Preface
Contributors
1Support services: growth and development1
2Asking the right questions: a development model10
3Additional support: improving inclusive practice in mainstream schools21
4Social inclusion: supporting schools to help themselves32
5Interagency working: supporting school refusers44
6Interagency working: the education of young people in public care56
7Supporting transition: preschool setting into first placement68
8Supporting transition: from primary to secondary school78
9New technology: services for children out of school90
10Local Learning groups and clusters: the potential of working in an integrated team with groups of schools99
11Becoming a business unit: a road to Nirvana or disaster?116
12The impact of funding129
13Best value: evaluating support service effectiveness138
14Issues for the future150
Bibliography161
Index168

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