Reflecting on the national and international agendas relating to special needs and inclusion will help you prepare for your course. We will discuss some topics raised in these reports during your early course sessions. The information will also prove useful for some of your modules.

Read the first chapter from:

• World Health Organization. (2011) World report on disability. Geneva: WHO Press.

Summaries from the following reports will stimulate your thinking:

• Department for Education (2017a) Comparing levels of happiness and psychological difficulties between children with and without special educational needs (SEN) 2012 to 2013.
• Department for Education (2017b) Project Crewe, Research report: July 2017 Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme Evaluation Report 44.
• Department for Education (2017c) Special educational needs support in schools and colleges.
• Lewis, I. and Bagree, S. (2013) Teachers for All: Inclusive Teaching for Children with Disabilities. Brussels: International Disability and Development Consortium’s Inclusive Education Task Group.
• Save the Children (2015) JUST INCLUDE ME: A review of Save the Children’s work to promote the rights of children with disabilities. Save the Children Norway.

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 16 September 2024 - we look forward to meeting you then.

• Frederickson, N. and Cline, T. (2015) Special Educational Needs, Inclusion and Diversity (3rd Ed). Maidenhead: Open University Press.
• Thomas, G. (2013) How to Do Your Research Project: A Guide for Students in Education and Applied Social Sciences. London: Sage.
• Wallace, M. and Wray, A. (2011) Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates (2nd Ed). London: Sage.

These websites are useful sources of information:

• EENET: Enabling Education Network - an international inclusive education information-sharing network.
• GOV.UK for Department for Education and other departments, information and research.
• National Institute of Health Research, which comprises a suite of five open access, peer-reviewed journals reporting results from a range of health research areas.
• Social Care Institute for Excellence has information related to social care practices, priorities and research.
• World Health Organization has a range of information related to disability and inclusion relevant to the international agenda.

It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price-match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.