A qualitatively different experience: Mainstreaming pupils with a visual impairment in Northern Ireland

C Gray - European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reports the experiences of special education needs co‐ordinators (SENCOs) on
the inclusion of pupils with a visual impairment (VI) in mainstream schools in Northern …

Inclusion, impact and need: Young children with a visual impairment

C Gray - Child care in practice, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
From preschool to tertiary level, the past decade has witnessed a growing impetus for the
inclusion of children with special needs and disabilities in mainstream education. Yet …

Educating students with vision impairment today: Consideration of the expanded core curriculum

J Opie - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A phenomenological study was undertaken giving students with vision impairment the
opportunity to voice their experiences of secondary schooling in mainstream schools …

Safeguarding the needs of children with a visual impairment in non-VI special schools

J Porter, P Lacey - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents research investigating the match of children's needs against provision
in the context of the increasing use of non-VI designated and non-specialist forms of …

“They think they know what's best for me”: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of inclusion and support in high school for vision-impaired …

M Thurston - International Journal of Disability, Development and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The challenges of social inclusion and access to the curriculum facing students with visual
impairment in schools are well documented. The refreshed UK Vision Strategy seeks to …

[PDF][PDF] Experiences of blind and partially sighted young people as they make the transition into Higher Education

R Hewett, S Keil, G Douglas - Visual Impairment Centre for …, 2015 - pure-oai.bham.ac.uk
Firstly, we would like to recognise the contribution given by the Visual Impairment Support
Services, Resource Bases and Special School who assisted in the recruitment of the …

'You have to be like everyone else': Support for students with vision impairment in mainstream secondary schools

J Opie, J Deppeler, J Southcott - Support for learning, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The experiences of seven Australian senior secondary school students with vision
impairment attending mainstream schools in Victoria were explored to gain an …

Opportunities and challenges in secondary education for blind/vision-impaired people in the Republic of Ireland

P McCarthy, M Shevlin - Disability & society, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Until comparatively recently blind/vision-impaired young people were generally assigned to
particular education settings based on their impairment. Restructuring of the education …

[图书][B] Including children with visual impairment in mainstream schools: A practical guide

P Davis - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
First Published in 2003. This book provides guidance to teachers, teaching assistants,
service staff, parents and other professionals regarding the inclusion of children with visual …

Inclusion in and out of the classroom: A longitudinal study of students with visual impairments in inclusive education

K de Verdier - British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This longitudinal study examined psychological well-being and social relations in school for
six students with blindness or severe visual impairment (VI) in Swedish inclusive education …