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50 Years of ERIC
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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Stalker, Kirsten; MacDonald, Charlotte; King, Caroline; McFaul, Francis; Young, Colin; Hawthorn, Moyra – Child Care in Practice, 2015
This paper presents research, commissioned by Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, examining changes in the availability and accessibility of publicly funded services to disabled children, young people and their families between 2011 and 2013. Methods included a survey of voluntary-sector providers and focus groups with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Focus Groups, Caregivers
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Murray, Rosemary – Child Care in Practice, 2015
The Barnardo's Participation Project, previously known as the Disabled Children and Young People's Participation Project, was established by Barnardo's (Northern Ireland) in 2002. The aim of the Project was to develop ways of involving children and young people with disabilities in decision-making in relation to health and social…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Participative Decision Making, Social Services, Cooperative Planning
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Simmons, Ben; Watson, Debbie – Child Care in Practice, 2015
Children with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) are said to experience severe congenital impairments to consciousness and cognition stemming from neurological damage. Such children are understood as operating at the pre-verbal stages of development, and research in the field typically draws conceptual resources from psychology to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Research Methodology, Constructivism (Learning), Inclusion
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Irvine, Rebecca – Child Care in Practice, 2015
There has been limited attention paid to the link between conflict and disability and even less recognition for the importance of facilitating inclusion of children and young people with disabilities in post-conflict societies. The end of a civil conflict provides an opportunity for social and political change, and progressive education policies…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Conflict, Inclusion, War
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Davis, John M.; Ravenscroft, John; Bizas, Nik – Child Care in Practice, 2015
This paper utilises qualitative and quantitative findings from the Facilitating Inclusive Education and Supporting the Transition Agenda (FIESTA) project that carried out a survey of professionals and focus groups/interviews with parents and children to understand the context of transition, inclusion and collaborative working. The paper contrasts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
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Abbott, David; Carpenter, John – Child Care in Practice, 2015
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited, progressive and life-limiting neuromuscular disease that affects boys. During their lives, they experience a series of medical and surgical interventions. Research reported in this paper took place in England with 37 young men living with DMD and their families and explored their experiences of…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Males, Foreign Countries, Barriers