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'I wasn't trained to work with them': mainstream teachers' attitudes to children with speech and language difficulties

Pages 199-215 | Published online: 10 Nov 2010

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Mohaned G. Abed & Todd K. Shackelford. (2023) Classroom Inclusion of Saudi Arabian Students with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs Through Enhanced Communication. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 70:4, pages 490-504.
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James Panico, Derek E. Daniels, Stephanie Hughes, Randall E. Smith & Jennie Zelenak. (2018) Comparing perceptions of student teachers and regular education teachers toward students who stutter: a mixed-method approach. Speech, Language and Hearing 21:4, pages 245-255.
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Cen Wang, Linda J. Harrison, Sharynne McLeod, Sue Walker & Jantine L. Spilt. (2018) Can teacher–child relationships support human rights to freedom of opinion and expression, education and participation?. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 20:1, pages 133-141.
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F. Kurniawati, A. A. de Boer, A. E. M. G. Minnaert & F. Mangunsong. (2017) Evaluating the effect of a teacher training programme on the primary teachers’ attitudes, knowledge and teaching strategies regarding special educational needs. Educational Psychology 37:3, pages 287-297.
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Sharynne McLeod, Kathryn Crowe, Sarah Masso, Elise Baker, Jane McCormack, Yvonne Wren, Susan Roulstone & Charlotte Howland. (2017) Profile of Australian preschool children with speech sound disorders at risk for literacy difficulties. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties 22:1, pages 15-33.
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J. D. Adams & M. S. Mabusela. (2015) Pre-service Educators’ Attitude towards Inclusive Education: A Case Study. Journal of Social Sciences 43:1, pages 81-90.
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Dragana Galović, Branislav Brojčin & Nenad Glumbić. (2014) The attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education in Vojvodina. International Journal of Inclusive Education 18:12, pages 1262-1282.
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Catharina Gous-Kemp. (2014) The creative use of music in inclusive education: Bringing harmony to the classroom. Education as Change 18:1, pages 191-206.
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Ron Smith & Alan McCully. (2013) Organisational self-evaluation and teacher education for community relations in a transforming society?. European Journal of Teacher Education 36:3, pages 320-345.
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Vasilis Strogilos. (2012) The cultural understanding of inclusion and its development within a centralised system. International Journal of Inclusive Education 16:12, pages 1241-1258.
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Marjatta Takala, Rune Sarromaa Haussttätter, Astrid Ahl & George Head. (2012) Inclusion seen by student teachers in special education: differences among Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish students. European Journal of Teacher Education 35:3, pages 305-325.
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Lani Florian & Kristine Black-Hawkins. (2011) Exploring inclusive pedagogy. British Educational Research Journal 37:5, pages 813-828.
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Lindy McAllister, Jane McCormack, Sharynne McLeod & Linda J. Harrison. (2011) Expectations and experiences of accessing and participating in services for childhood speech impairment. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 13:3, pages 251-267.
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Anke de Boer, Sip Jan Pijl & Alexander Minnaert. (2011) Regular primary schoolteachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education: a review of the literature. International Journal of Inclusive Education 15:3, pages 331-353.
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Nicole Matthews. (2010) Anxiety and niceness: drawing disability studies into the art and design curriculum through a live brief. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 31:4, pages 527-541.
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Helen Jenkins. (2010) Attitudes of teachers towards dysfluency training and resources. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 12:3, pages 253-258.
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Jane Leatherman. (2009) Teachers’ voices concerning collaborative teams within an inclusive elementary school. Teaching Education 20:2, pages 189-202.
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Anne Moran. (2009) Can a competence or standards model facilitate an inclusive approach to teacher education?. International Journal of Inclusive Education 13:1, pages 45-61.
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Jane McCormack, Sharynne McLeod, Lindy McAllister & Linda J. Harrison. (2009) A systematic review of the association between childhood speech impairment and participation across the lifespan. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 11:2, pages 155-170.
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Olympia Palikara, Geoff Lindsay & Julie E. Dockrell. (2009) Voices of young people with a history of specific language impairment (SLI) in the first year of post‐16 education. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 44:1, pages 56-78.
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Belinda Jessup, Elizabeth Ward, Louise Cahill & Diane Keating. (2008) Teacher identification of speech and language impairment in kindergarten students using the Kindergarten Development Check. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 10:6, pages 449-459.
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Lesley Abbott. (2007) Northern Ireland Special Educational Needs Coordinators creating inclusive environments: an epic struggle. European Journal of Special Needs Education 22:4, pages 391-407.
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Lesley Abbott. (2006) Northern Ireland head teachers’ perceptions of inclusion. International Journal of Inclusive Education 10:6, pages 627-643.
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Jackie Lambe & Robert Bones. (2006) Student teachers’ perceptions about inclusive classroom teaching in Northern Ireland prior to teaching practice experience. European Journal of Special Needs Education 21:2, pages 167-186.
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Reidun Tangen . (2005) Promoting inclusive education in secondary school in Norway: a national programme for teacher development. European Journal of Special Needs Education 20:1, pages 57-70.
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Donna Kam Pun Wong , Veronica Pearson & Eva Mei Kuen Lo. (2004) Competing philosophies in the classroom: a challenge to Hong Kong teachers. International Journal of Inclusive Education 8:3, pages 261-279.
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Jane McCormack, Linda J. Harrison, Sharynne McLeod & Lindy McAllister. (2011) A Nationally Representative Study of the Association Between Communication Impairment at 4–5 Years and Children’s Life Activities at 7–9 Years. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 54:5, pages 1328-1348.
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Jane McCormack, Sharynne McLeod, Lindy McAllister & Linda J. Harrison. (2010) My Speech Problem, Your Listening Problem, and My Frustration: The Experience of Living With Childhood Speech Impairment. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 41:4, pages 379-392.
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Jane Sadler. (2016) Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of the mainstream teachers of children with a preschool diagnosis of speech/language impairment. Child Language Teaching and Therapy 21:2, pages 147-163.
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