The book discusses the change from segregated education of children with special needs to integration and inclusion and the various factors underpinning the process in the two developed countries of United States and United Kingdom. It highlights the areas of policy formation and implementation that existS for educating disabled children in India: the sociological perspective, the ideological and cultural underpinnings in which policy can be embedded, and the historical and philosophical issues within the educational framework.

Introduction - Mithu Alur PART ONE: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY Generic Education for the Disabled - P R Dasgupta Special Needs Policy in India - Mithu Alur Education of Children and Young Adults with Special Educational Needs - N K Jangira

An Unfinished Agenda Teacher Training for Inclusive Education in Developing Countries - Anupam Ahuja

UNESCO Experience Cost-Effective Approaches of Integrated Education for Disabled Children - M N G Mani

The Need of the Hour Practice Integrating Disability Concerns in Primary Education through Maharashtra State District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) - Madhuri Pai From Integration to Inclusive Education - Ruma Banerjee

SEVA-in-Action Experience Inclusive Education - Pearl Kavoori

The Jaipur and Delhi Experiences Culture-Specific Paradigms of Integration in Developing Countries - Usha Singh Towards Equalization of Opportunity for Children with Special Needs - P T Augustine Inclusive Education - Deepak Kaira

The Jaipur Experience Integrated Education - Reena Sen

Reflection on the Calcutta Experience Whole-School Approach and Curriculum Modification - Sudesh Mukhopadhyay An Integrated School Experience - Amena Latif PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLICY AND PRACTICE Generic The Education of Disabled Children - Mark Vaughan

Changes in International Policy and Practice International Policy and Practice - Seamus Hegarty

Issues at the System and School Level Some Experiences from Three Decades of Integrated Education for Children with Special Needs - Karl-Gustaf Stukat Practice From Integration to Inclusion - Peter Gam Henriksen

Change of Paradigm in the View of the Danish Experience Integrative Education in Israel - Rachel Golan Mind versus Body - Margaret Yekutiel

Educational Bias and Its Effect in the Cerebral Palsied Bishopwood Story - Mark Vaughan Equalization of Opportunity - Malini Chib

What Does It Mean?