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Direct linkGöransson, Kerstin; Lindqvist, Gunilla; Nilholm, Claes – Educational Research, 2015
Background: There are two occupational groups in Sweden that are expected to have significant impact on educational work related to children in need of special support. These two groups are special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) and special education teachers. In this paper, we use the collective name "special educators" to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Role
Göransson, Kerstin; Lindqvist, Gunilla; Möllås, Gunvie; Almqvist, Lena; Nilholm, Claes – Educational Review, 2017
Special needs educators (SNEs) and their counterparts are expected to play a significant role in schools' work towards inclusive practices. Studies do, however, indicate a rather diversified picture regarding the occupational groups assigned to work with special support and their workroles, within and between different countries. In Sweden, one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Malmqvist, Johan; Nilholm, Claes – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2016
The neuropsychiatric paradigm has substantial impact on schools. The increase in the number of pupils being diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an expression of the medicalisation of deviance. There is also an increase in educational classes specially designed to meet the needs of children with ADHD. This is contrary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Inclusion, Special Classes
Goransson, Kerstin; Malmqvist, Johan; Nilholm, Claes – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2013
This paper reports on the development of a framework for the classification of local school ideologies in relation to inclusion that provides a tool for classifying the general educational direction as well as work with pupils in need of special support of individual schools. The framework defines different aspects of local school ideology in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Ideology, Classification
Lindqvist, Gunilla; Nilholm, Claes – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
Educational leaders have a comprehensive responsibility for how preschools and schools work with children in need of special educational support. The aim of this research is to study how educational leaders (a) explain why children have problems in schools, (b) consider how preschools/schools should help children in need of special support and (c)…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students
Goransson, Kerstin; Nilholm, Claes; Karlsson, Kristina – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2011
When it comes to pupils in need of special support and pupils with disabilities, Sweden's compulsory school system is sometimes considered a one-track system. This article analyses and critically discusses current policy and practices at various levels of Sweden's compulsory school system for these pupils. The analysis traces three themes at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criticism, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Nilholm, Claes; Alm, Barbro – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2010
A case study of what appears to be an inclusive classroom in Sweden is reported. The group of children in the class studied was very heterogeneous: five of the 15 children had a disability diagnosis at the time of the study. One aim of the study was to develop a methodology which can be used in order to investigate in what sense classrooms are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Inclusive Schools
