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Supporting Disability Education through a Combination of Special Schools and Disability-Inclusive Schools in the Pacific Islands
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Tones, Megan; Pillay, Hitendra; Carrington, Suzanne; Chandra, Subhas; Duke, Jennifer; Joseph, Rukh Mani – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2017
This article reports on a multi-method study of the ways in which special and mainstream schools support the educational needs of children with disabilities in Fiji. The aims of the study were: (1) to identify capacity and functions of special schools to support inclusive mainstream schools for children with disabilities; and (2) to explore the…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Inclusion, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming
The Schooling Experience of Adolescent Boys with AD/HD: An Australian Case Study
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Gibbs, Kathryn; Mercer, K. Louise; Carrington, Suzanne – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2016
This study explored the experience of schooling of six adolescent boys diagnosed with AD/HD from the perspectives of the boys, their mothers and their teachers. The study utilised social constructionism as the theoretical orientation and the Dynamic Developmental Theory (DDT) of AD/HD as the explanatory framework. Utilising a multiple,…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Adolescents, Males, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder