Obviously the planning and implementation of an inclusive policy has to be done carefully, making sure it is appropriate for everybody within the setting.
The article also illustrated something that I come across regularly as I travel around the country doing training and consultancy in the field of special educational needs, and this is a widespread and interchangeable use of the terms 'inclusion' and 'integration'.
As the Government's policy of inclusion is now becoming the norm, it is vitally important that practitioners know the difference between the two concepts, since they are not at all the same thing. 'Integration' was the buzzword coined from the original SEN Act of 1981, and was based on the medical model, where a child's needs were seen from the perspective of that child's condition, disability or difficulty.
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