First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part 1: Policy at national and local levels: the Warnock Report: 'The historical background'; Equal opportunities - for whom? Inclusive schools, the quality of education and OFSTED school inspection; Investigating inclusion: an evaluation of a teacher's professional development course. Part 2: Policy into practice in schools; The case of Downland; What's the weight of a badger? Teachers' experiences of working with children with learning difficulties; The special needs coordinator in the secondary school; Teacher support teams for special educational needs in primary schools; Working with outside agencies; Talking and working together; helping readers who have fallen behind; Listening to children; Pupil participation in the social and education processes of primary school; Classroom strategies for teacher and pupil support; Pygmalion lives on; Therapeutic provision in mainstream curricula for pupils with severe motor difficulties; Teachers and differentiation.