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Providing Services to Special Needs Students in a Decentralised Education System: An Australian Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Clive Dimmock  and
Alan Bain
Clive Dimmock*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
Alan Bain*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
*
Enquiries or correspondence should be directed to the authors at Department of Education, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, PERTH WA 6009
Enquiries or correspondence should be directed to the authors at Department of Education, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, PERTH WA 6009
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of decentralisation for Australian special education service delivery. Initiatives to decentralise educational service have become afocus of education policy both in Australia and overseas in recent years, although there has been little discussion of its effect on special education. This trend is examined from an Australian perspective. Problems associated with the provision of special education services are discussed in conjunction with an overview of the school based management of special education services.

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Research Article
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 3 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1991

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