TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This chapter provides a comprehensive presentation and discussion of special education in Sweden. The presentation and discussion are tied deeply to the country’s general education system which incorporates social and political aspects as well as beliefs in equity for all.The municipalities in Sweden have a large degree of independence as such special education can be organized in different ways. Yet, within each municipality’s educational structure is the common theme that students are different therefore teaching cannot be the same for everyone. The following chapter sections provide the reader with a better understanding of Sweden’s general special education system today: legislative acts that ensure equal access to education; the special education context; the history of special education and service in Sweden; the expansion of special education starting in the 1960s and early 1970s; current prevalence data; a clarification of differentiation, inclusion and categorization; teacher preparation advances; problems in schools and student’s difficulties; a description of inclusive education; and current challenges to inclusive education.
VL  - 28
SN  - 978-1-78441-096-4/0270-4013
DO  - 10.1108/S0270-401320140000028014
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0270-401320140000028014
AU  - Berhanu Girma
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Special Education Today in Sweden☆Some sections (paragraphs) of this chapter have been adapted from the author’s own texts (Berhanu, 2008, 2009, 2011).
T2  - Special Education International Perspectives: Practices Across the Globe
T3  - Advances in Special Education
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 209
EP  - 241
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -