Richard Rose, Head of the Centre for Special Needs Education and Research at University College Northampton. Ian Grosvenor, the University of Birmingham.

• Why educational research matters; Methodology overview; Assessing writing speed for pupils for special examination arrangements; Inclusive practice in secondary schools; Pupil involvement in target setting in a special school; The Role of parents in the school development planning process; The use of social stories to increase appropriate social behaviors in pupils with autistic spectrum disorders; Management of students with special needs in Further Education; Teacher perceptions of behavior difficulties in mainstream schools; Can assessment in mother tongue make teaching more effective and raise achievements of pupils in a school for pupils with severe learning