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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Including Children with Special Educational Needs in the Literacy Hour: A Continuing Challenge.
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Miller, Carol; Lacey, Penny; Layton, Lyn – British Journal of Special Education, 2003
This study evaluated how 30 British primary school classes implemented inclusion of students with special educational needs (SEN) in the curriculum's literacy hour. It examined resources, teaching techniques, timetabling, personnel, classroom organization, location, and training. Findings indicated most SEN students were included in literacy…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Meeting the Standards?
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Porter, Jill; Miller, Carol – British Journal of Special Education, 2000
This article examines how the new British National Special Educational Needs Specialist Standards might be used as an audit tool and the consequences for teachers, line-managers, and training providers. It considers the role of the standards, core standards, extension standards, the standards as an audit tool, accessing resources, and future…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers
Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists: A Shared Framework.
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Miller, Carol – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
This article identifies the different approaches to speech and language difficulties commonly used by speech and language therapists and by teachers and suggests that an integration of these frameworks could provide more comprehensive support for a wider range of children with language and communication difficulties. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interprofessional Relationship, Intervention
Standards for Specialists? A Review of the Proposals for Teacher Training for SEN Specialists.
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Miller, Carol; Porter, Jill – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
Offers a critical response to the British Teacher Training Agency's two consultation documents on special-educational-needs-specialist teachers. The critique addresses the proposed standards, the definition of a specialist teacher, the value of standards, effective services, core standards, the deficit model of specialist standards, and delivery…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Models
Speech, Language and the New Curriculum.
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Miller, Carol – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
Results of interviews with 13 British teachers of children with speech and/or language difficulties are summarized to illustrate teacher views on the National Curriculum, including appreciation of the oral emphasis; too broad definitions for speaking and listening; and concerns about assessment of children's attainments, which too often reflects…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Speech and Language Therapy: Confusion in the Code.
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Miller, Carol – British Journal of Special Education, 1994
This article examines the implications of the British Code of Practice (which provides guidelines for the identification, assessment, and service provision of children with special educational needs) for children with speech and language difficulties. The confusion engendered by the code's guidance regarding provision of speech therapy as either…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries