ABSTRACT
In this fourth part of the book, we turn to the work of support teachers and support services to consider the part that they have to play in ensuring that all children have the opportunity to participate as fully as possible in the range of learning experiences to which they are entitled, and to use and develop their existing resources as fully as possible in the context of school learning. The ‘duty to integrate’ clause of the Education Act 1981 is still a statutory obligation upon all schools and local authorities under the Education Act 1993. This means that children are entitled by law to be educated in mainstream schools, and to have appropriate provision made for them to allow them to learn alongside their peers, unless it can be demonstrated that this is incompatible with their interests, with the interests of other children, or with the effective use of resources.
