ERIC Number: EJ925407
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Publication Date: 2010
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Making Children's Voices Visible: The School Setting Interview (SSI)
Hemmingsson, Helena; Penman, Merrolee
Kairaranga, v11 n1 p45-49 2010
Children and young people with disabilities educated in their local school may need services to get equal access to the curriculum. To ensure that any educationally-relevant services achieve the best outcomes, the students' own voices and perspectives should also be included. This paper introduces the School Setting Interview (SSI), an interview-based assessment that helps occupational therapists to understand the barriers to, and facilitators of, inclusion from the student's perspective. This information added to that identified by the teaching team and the parents/caregivers, can only lead to a "fuller picture" which all the team can draw from when determining issues and identifying potential strategies to address. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Occupational Therapy, Accessibility (for Disabled), Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Related Services (Special Education), Inclusion, Counseling Techniques, Educational Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Interviews, Evaluation Methods, Program Content, Program Descriptions, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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