First published in 1992. This book provides accounts of case-study research in the area of special educational needs carried out by teachers in ordinary and special schools. Contributors discuss their experiences of the problems and possibilities of teacher research and provide advice on information-gathering, analysis and writing up.

Graham Vulliamy, Rosemary Webb

List of Contributors; Foreword by Peter Mittler; Preface; 1. New Directions in Special Educational Needs Research Graham Vulliamy and Rosemary Webb 2. Designing a Teacher-research Project Graham Vulliamy and Rosemary Webb 3. An Evaluation of a Leaver's Curriculum in a Special School Jean Holgate 4. Creating a Basis for a Partnership with Parents of Pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties Jacqueline Wadlow 5. Devising Motor Programmes for Children with Physical Disabilities Lynda Peake 6. Parental Perceptions of the Professionals Involved with Children with Special Educational Needs Kathleen Murphy 7. Meeting Individual Needs in the Classroom in a Comprehensive School Thomas Farrell 8. An Evaluation of Conductive Education in English Special Schools Trefor Davies-Isaac 9. Support Work in Primary Classrooms: Some Management Concerns Marion Tricker 10. Return to School from an Assessment Centre Joan Normington 11. Unit Accreditation at a Special School James Powell 12. Analysing and Validating Data in Teacher Research Graham Vulliamy and Rosemary Webb; Index