to: >Mike Higgins
>Assistant Personnel Officer
>University of Sheffield
Ref:
>A colleague, Peter Ferns, has asked me to enquire from list members about
>any research material or other published data which is available concerning
>the experiences of black people with learning difficulties living in the
>UK. If you can point me in the direction of any such material, I will pass
>your thoughts on. Thank you in advance.
Mike and Peter,
Try Centre for Studies of Inclusive Education in Bristol
http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/csiehome.htm
They have a number of studies which may help. Also the Green Paper on
special education alludes to studies that show that blacks are labeled with
SEN more readily than other groups. Perhaps the DfEE will have your data.
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