The cultural understanding of inclusion in diverse settings: support services and collaboration

Strogilos, Vasilios and Avramidis, Elias (2017) The cultural understanding of inclusion in diverse settings: support services and collaboration. In, Hughes, M. T. and Talbot, E. (eds.) The Wiley Handbook of Diversity in Special Education. Chicago. Wiley, pp. 87-113. (doi:10.1002/9781118768778.ch5).

Abstract

This chapter reviews studies on the organizational development of support services and service providers' collaboration with service users as a means to understand the process of inclusion for students with disabilities, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds, in culturally diverse settings. It considers “diversity” both locally and culturally in order to elicit the similarities and differences that exist among culturally diverse service providers and service users in different countries as well as within the same country. The chapter explores research reports from different countries in order to understand the process and impact of support services within the international inclusion movement. Since the trends of the inclusion movement cross cultural boundaries and geographic contexts, it is important to understand the interrelation between local and global practices. Understanding the process of inclusion in local cultures through the collaborative development of support services revealed several factors that enhance or hinder the inclusion movement internationally.

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Author: Vasilios Strogilos

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