Integrating Students with Disabilities in Schools

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2. School Placement, Special Education and Physical Disability in Norway

   • Jon Erik Finnvold

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3. Social Mobility and Disability: The Influence of Family Background and Geographical Context on Educational Attainment

   • Jon Erik Finnvold

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4. School Placement and Parental Educational Expectations

   • Jon Erik Finnvold

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5. Disability, Social Participation and the Role of the School

   • Jon Erik Finnvold

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6. What Can We Learn from World of Warcraft? Social and Digital Inclusion in Secondary School

   • Jon Erik Finnvold

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7. Back Matter

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This book explores the ability of the Norwegian school system to support the achievement of formal competencies among children with physical disabilities, as well as its role in the informal dimensions of social participation and networking. Schools contribute to social inclusion in several ways: they are arenas for building official competencies, ensuring future access and success in the labour market. They are also sites for meeting other children, and developing friendships – friendships are not only important for strengthening cognitive development, but are vital to both good mental health and the building of various forms of social capital. By examining schools and the ways in which inclusion is incorporated early, this book aims to bridge the opportunity and employment gap that people with physical disabilities are more likely to face later in life.

• Educational Inclusion
• Special Educational Needs
• Inclusive Education
• Social Inclusion
• Schooling in Norway
• Schooling with physical disabilities
• disability studies

• Centre for Welfare and Labour Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

  Jon Erik Finnvold

Jon Erik Finnvold is Research Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

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