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Children: Government Resources: Library Guide: South Africa

Education, Special needs policy

Article

Schneider, Marguerite and Gillian Salojee. Chapter 10, Monitoring childhood disability, pages 191-212. Monitoring child well-being :   a South African rights-based approach.  Cape Town, South Africa :   HSRC Publishers,   2007. G 68 E.HSRC.07.MONI

Learning disabilities

South Africa. Dept. of Education    National strategy on screening, identification, assessment and support :   school pack.    Pretoria :   Department of Education,   2008.   G 68 E.EDUC.08.NATI

South Africa. Dept. of Education. Operational manual to the National strategy on screening, identification, assessment and support. Pretoria :   Department of Education,   2008.

Reports

Department of Social Development, Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, UNICEF. Children with Disabilities in South Africa: a Situation Analysis: 2001-2011. Pretoria: Department of Social Development, Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, UNICEF. 

Strategies

South Africa. Inter-Departmental Working Group. Integrated national strategy on support services to children with disabilities. Revised draft. Pretoria : Department of Social Development, June 2009. (Right click, copy link address.)

Special needs education

South Africa. Dept. of Education    Education white paper 6 :   special needs education : building an inclusive education and training system.    Pretoria :   Dept. of Education,   2001.   G 68 E.EDUC.01.EDUC

South Africa. Dept. of Basic Education. Directorate: Inclusive Education.    Guidelines for full service/inclusive schools, 2010.   Pretoria :   Department of Basic Education,   2010.   G 68 E.EDUC.10.GUID

South Africa. Dept. of Basic Education.    An addendum to the policy document, the National Senior Certificate :   a qualification at level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), regarding learners with special needs.  Pretoria :   Department of Basic Education,   2009.   G 68 E.EDUC.09.ADDE

Moodley, Sam.    Gender equity and special needs in education /    [Pretoria] :   Gender Equity Task Team, Dept. of Education,   1997. G 68 E.EDUC.97.GEND

School support

South African Human Rights Commission. Report of the North West Provincial Investigative Hearing into Lack of Safety and Security Measures in Schools for Children with Disabilities. 2019?

South Africa. Dept. of Education. Support needs assessment learner pack. Pretoria : Department of Education, 2008.

Studies

Philpott, S. and McLaren, P.  Hearing the Voices of Children and Caregivers: Children with Disabilities in South Africa: a Situation Analysis, 2001-2011. Pretoria: Department of Social Development/UNICEF, 2011.

Department of Basic Education and UNICEF. 2015. Study on children with disabilities from birth to four years old.