Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in Sweden
‘Inclusion’ aims to achieve adaptation of the environment to the diverse prerequisites and needs of individuals, instead of demanding of individuals to cope with the challenges of a given context themselves exclusively. All Scandinavian countries have made formal decisions to enhance inclusive pract...
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| description | ‘Inclusion’ aims to achieve adaptation of the environment to the diverse prerequisites and needs of individuals, instead of demanding of individuals to cope with the challenges of a given context themselves exclusively. All Scandinavian countries have made formal decisions to enhance inclusive practice for children and adolescents with disabilities in educational settings, seeking to implement international conventions. We investigated current inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in Swedish primary, secondary and high-schools using the 61-item INCLUSIO scale among N=4778 school staff with educational responsibilities in 68 public and private schools across 11 municipalities. Overall, school staff reported not to be well prepared to teach students with NDDs and that their school’s implementation of concrete inclusive practice was limited. Findings indicate a gap between inclusive educational ambitions and current practice for students with NDDs. Enriched teacher education and supervision for NDDs, a shift in pedagogical views of NDDs and better collaboration between community services, as well as systematic evidence-based implementation plans driven by policy makers and educational authorities may help improve inclusive practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-92f37c3942644a3d959e76e656921c352023-08-21T06:43:04ZengSciendoScandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology2245-88752021-01-019191510.21307/sjcapp-2021-002Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in SwedenBölte Sven0Leifler Emma1Berggren Steve2Borg Anna31Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden;1Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden;1Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden;1Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden;‘Inclusion’ aims to achieve adaptation of the environment to the diverse prerequisites and needs of individuals, instead of demanding of individuals to cope with the challenges of a given context themselves exclusively. All Scandinavian countries have made formal decisions to enhance inclusive practice for children and adolescents with disabilities in educational settings, seeking to implement international conventions. We investigated current inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in Swedish primary, secondary and high-schools using the 61-item INCLUSIO scale among N=4778 school staff with educational responsibilities in 68 public and private schools across 11 municipalities. Overall, school staff reported not to be well prepared to teach students with NDDs and that their school’s implementation of concrete inclusive practice was limited. Findings indicate a gap between inclusive educational ambitions and current practice for students with NDDs. Enriched teacher education and supervision for NDDs, a shift in pedagogical views of NDDs and better collaboration between community services, as well as systematic evidence-based implementation plans driven by policy makers and educational authorities may help improve inclusive practice.https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2021-002inclusionschooleducationautismadhdneurodevelopmental disorders |
| spellingShingle | Bölte Sven Leifler Emma Berggren Steve Borg Anna Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in Sweden Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology inclusion school education autism adhd neurodevelopmental disorders |
| title | Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in Sweden |
| title_full | Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in Sweden |
| title_fullStr | Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in Sweden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in Sweden |
| title_short | Inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in Sweden |
| title_sort | inclusive practice for students with neurodevelopmental disorders in sweden |
| topic | inclusion school education autism adhd neurodevelopmental disorders |
| url | https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2021-002 |
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