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Been thinking about my stance on inclusive education, 18 months or so after finishing my MSc in it. Been trying to reconcile why I& #39;m such a fan of specialist education when inclusive education is certainly what we should be aiming towards. #SEND #inclusion
I& #39;ve realised that in the current education system, there aren& #39;t many examples of good, actually inclusive education. And so when mainstream schools fail #SEND children so badly, specialist provisions are where they will get their needs met, and feel included #inclusion
I wrote a dissertation about disabled people& #39;s experiences of inclusion in mainstream schools and ended up with so many more examples of exclusion that I had to change my title. The whole system needs to change.
For many I think #inclusion is just seen as having #SEND children in mainstream schools and differentiating work. But unless we make the culture of schools inclusive, unless we provide the same interventions as in specialist provision, we& #39;re not including those C&YP.
So for me, right now, it feels important that #SEND CYP have provisions where they feel included, where they don& #39;t feel particularly different or "wrong". And for many that is specialist provision. Real change needs to be enacted.
A culture shift won& #39;t happen overnight, but I hope it happens eventually. Inclusion is so much more than just differentiating your worksheets and having a TA. It& #39;s eliminating bullying. It& #39;s making everybody feel part of something. We are not there yet. #SEND #inclusionmatters
