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Special Education: Forward Trends, 1979
Principals of three types of schools--a resource center, a residential school with flexible boarding arrangements, and a secondary school with mainstreamed physically handicapped students--discuss their reactions to the Warnock Report (an analysis of special education in Britain). (CL)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Handicapped Children

Polat, Filiz; Farrell, Peter – Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 2002
Findings from 26 former pupils of a residential school for boys (ages 7-19) with emotional/behavioral disorders indicate that, despite some concerns, the former pupils have very positive memories of the school and felt that it had helped them to overcome their learning and behavioral difficulties. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries

Saunders, Suzanne – British Journal of Special Education, 1994
A survey of 35 parents of children with severe physical handicaps and severe/profound learning difficulties either attending or not attending a residential special school in Britain found that parents chose the school because of lack of local services, lack of family support, the 24-hour curriculum of the residential school, and provision of a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Multiple Disabilities

Banes, David; Walter, Richard – British Journal of Special Education, 1997
Describes ways in which the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, has been used by students at a residential British school for students with cerebral palsy and severe, or profound and multiple, learning difficulties. The effort's rationale, teaching techniques, and evaluation methods are discussed. A glossary of Internet terms is attached. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education