ABSTRACT
Ross Wilson is the chief executive of New Zealand’s Special Education Service, which was formed in the late 1980s and manages the resources for the full range of special educational provision, inside and outside the mainstream. He spent three months of 1993 touring Britain and the United States to study developments in policy and practice and see if there was anything he could usefully translate back into the New Zealand education system, which was undergoing a series of reforms similar to those taking place in the UK, for example, the devolution of budgets from local authorities to schools. Wilson observed that inclusive education requires planning, legislation and an approach to teaching and learning based on classroom activities and individualised support.
