TY - JOUR
T1 - Detaining the usual suspects
T2 - charting the use of segregated settings in New South Wales government schools, Australia
AU - Graham, Linda J.
AU - Sweller, Naomi
AU - van Bergen, Penny
N1 - Copyright the Publisher [2010]. The original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2010.11.3.234. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author and according to publisher conditions. For further reproduction rights please contact the publisher at http://www.symposium-journals.co.uk/.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This article examines the increase in segregated placements in the New South Wales government school sector. Using disaggregated enrolment data, it points to the growing overrepresentation of boys in special schools and classes, particularly those of a certain age in certain support categories. In the discussion that follows, the authors question the role of special education in the development of new and additional forms of being 'at risk'. In effect, they invert the traditional concept by asking: who is at risk of what? In focusing on the containment of risk, are modern practices of diagnosis and segregation perpetuating risks that already disproportionately affect certain groups of individuals? Do these perceptions of and responses to risk in local schools now place these students at greater personal risk of school failure and a future marked by social exclusion? And, finally, is that risk worth the cost?.
AB - This article examines the increase in segregated placements in the New South Wales government school sector. Using disaggregated enrolment data, it points to the growing overrepresentation of boys in special schools and classes, particularly those of a certain age in certain support categories. In the discussion that follows, the authors question the role of special education in the development of new and additional forms of being 'at risk'. In effect, they invert the traditional concept by asking: who is at risk of what? In focusing on the containment of risk, are modern practices of diagnosis and segregation perpetuating risks that already disproportionately affect certain groups of individuals? Do these perceptions of and responses to risk in local schools now place these students at greater personal risk of school failure and a future marked by social exclusion? And, finally, is that risk worth the cost?.
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U2 - 10.2304/ciec.2010.11.3.234
DO - 10.2304/ciec.2010.11.3.234
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957734087
VL - 11
SP - 234
EP - 248
JO - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
JF - Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
SN - 1463-9491
IS - 3
ER -