Understanding and Challenging the SEND Code of Practice By Beate Hellawell

Offering a clear but critical overview and interrogation of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice 2015, this book provides the context for understanding recent developments in SEND policy reform. It also considers implications for SEND professionalism and partnership working. The book also successfully links policy and theory to practice and has a focus on professional ethics. This book is aimed primarily at higher level students on Masters and professionals engaged in Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and is supported by chapter objectives, case studies, summaries of key concepts and annotated further reading suggestions.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the SEND Code of Practice 2015
Chapter 2: SEND Policy History and Approaches to Policy Reform
Chapter 3: Key Concepts and Controversies in the Field of SEND
Chapter 4: Policy Technologies and the Enactment of the 2015 Code
Chapter 5: Professionalism and Ethics for SEND Practitioners
Chapter 6: Moral Dilemmas, Ethical Decision-Making and an Ethical Audit Framework
Chapter 7: Moral Stress, Ethical Differentiation and Ethical Discernment
Chapter 8: Partnership Working with Parents
Chapter 9: Multi-Agency Working and Inter-Professional Collaboration
Chapter 10: Working with the Individual