Abstract

ALCARAZ-GARCIA, Salvador  and  ARNAIZ-SANCHEZ, Pilar. The Schooling of Students with Special Educational Needs in Spain: A Longitudinal Study. Rev. colomb. educ. [online]. 2020, n.78, pp.299-320. ISSN 0120-3916.  https://doi.org/10.17227/rce.num78-10357.

Inclusive education is a process that aims at overcoming barriers that hinder the presence, participation and success of all students. One of these barriers is the lack of access for special needs students (in English, SEN) in mainstream schools. The goal of this article is to explore the state of the art of these students' schooling in Spain as well as to analyze its evolution during the last decade (2006-2007 to 2016-2017 academic terms), from a national autonomous perspective. For this purpose, the authors conducted a documentary study focusing on a statistical review of data provided by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training database. The research variables are the number of children with SEN, students with SEN schooling in specific special education centers, students with SE\ schooling in special units/substitutes in ordinary centers, students with SEN schooling in ordinary contexts and the number of school units in the non-ordinary system. The results show that the number of students with SEN schooling in non-ordinary contexts has increased recently, although much progress has been made in inclusive education in the Spanish state. The authors conclude that to develop quality, inclusive education, it is necessary to guarantee these students' access to ordinary contexts

Keywords : Inclusion; special schools; special needs students; special education; longitudinal studies.

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