Special educational needs

• Gibson, K et al, (2025) Pathways to Inclusion: Exploring Higher Education Opportunities for People with Intellectual Disabilities

  Inclusive higher education for students with intellectual disabilities has gained considerable momentum internationally over the past two decades as part […]

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• Beck, G. (2021) In Need of Review: Developing Sensory Provision in Northern Ireland’s Mainstream Primary Classrooms

  The impact of Sensory Processing Difficulties across a range of Special Educational Needs is well researched. More recently, the impact […]

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• Purdy, N. (2020) Examining the legacy of the Warnock Report in Northern Ireland: a Foucauldian genealogical approach

  Over 40 years after the publication of the Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children […]

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• McMurray, S. and McVeigh, C. (2014) The Case for Frequency Sensitivity in Orthographic Learning

  This paper positions the importance of frequency sensitivity in the development of orthographic knowledge throughout childhood and promotes learning to […]

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• Purdy, N. (2014) Disablist Bullying in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: An investigation of student teachers’ knowledge, experience, and confidence

  This study explored the knowledge, experience and confidence of student teachers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in […]

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• Purdy, N. (2015) Disablist Bullying: giving a voice to student teachers

  This paper reports in detail on the qualitative findings from a study which aimed to critically examine the experiences and […]

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