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Title: The label debate- Special educational needs
Description: Detailed revision notes from an 4th Year Educational Psychology Module on a BPS accredited BSc (hons) Psychology course. Recieved 1st class honors in Ed Psych unit and overall degree. Notes on the debate around Labelling for Special educational needs. Detailed but clearly laid out with headings and bullet points. Colour coded for ease of reading/information search. All information referenced (in-text references only).

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Labelling Revision


Notes from debate

For labelling
- Access to funding for schools for extra resources
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May miss intervention if not labelled

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Creates an understanding for those with impairments

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Differentiates between impairments

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Facilitate communication between professionals

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Labelling is first step to help/intervention

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Make others more tolerant of behaviour



Against Labelling
- Stigma in jobs
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Self-fulfilling prophecy (learned helplessness)

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Stigma of being excluded

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TA and separation limits social development

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Problems with diagnosis
o Wrong diagnosis can be worse than no diagnosis

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Labels too broad so unhelpful

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Often focus on what is wrong with child

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Parents/teachers make excuses and don’t push

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Resources used on labelling could be used for intervention
o SLT’s don’t need diagnosis, just treat the behaviour

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Individual differences within labels
o Generic intervention for dyslexia may not work for all

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Labelling allows ‘off the shelf’ interventions



Extra reading- labels in education helpful? - Lauchlan, 2007
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Labelling leads to awareness and promotes understanding of particular difficulties
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More awareness to general public e
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dyslexia, ADHD and Aspergers

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Increased knowledge= more understanding of behaviour in classroom (Gross 1994)

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Stigmatism can occur without labelling and can come before labelling (Reddick 2000)
o Children in her study were bullied before label for poor spelling

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Labels stick with people for life and define people even when they prove label wrong

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Labels lead to social exclusion (Sutcliffe 1993)


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Labels provide comfort to children and families by explaining their difficulties
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Families comforted by reassurance of a diagnosis (Gillman 2000)

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Explanation can relieve stress and ambiguity of the unknown

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Label reduces anxiety in parents, teacher and child- not inexplicable (Archer 1996)

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Interviewed labelled children who preferred it- explained behaviour (Reddick 2000)

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Focus on the deficit within the child
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Labels provide people with a social identity and sense of belonging to a group

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Label can provide a group identity for SEN
o Children with SEN generally have a negative social experience (Finlay 1998)

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Labelling can result in teasing from peers and negative attitudes

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Labelling can result in negative self-concept and self-esteem

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Children at SEN lie about school background to deal with prejudice (Jones 1972)



Conclusion
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Labelling protects rights of pupils by ensuring they have access to resources

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Meeting individual needs is a necessity but labelling can overlook this

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If children don’t have label, why shouldn’t they get same resources as children with
same difficulties

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Over reliance on labels needs to be reduced

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Labels provide supportive resources and educational functions
o But massive impacts of bullying, stigma and limiting opportunities

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Giving parent and child option to accept or reject label after diagnosis

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Teachers in SEN to create an ethical framework to deal with issues associated with
labels in the classroom




Title: The label debate- Special educational needs
Description: Detailed revision notes from an 4th Year Educational Psychology Module on a BPS accredited BSc (hons) Psychology course. Recieved 1st class honors in Ed Psych unit and overall degree. Notes on the debate around Labelling for Special educational needs. Detailed but clearly laid out with headings and bullet points. Colour coded for ease of reading/information search. All information referenced (in-text references only).