title: Determinants of inclusive education of 8-12 year-old children with cerebral palsy in 9 European regions.
abstract: The principle of inclusive education has been increasingly recognised over recent decades and most countries officially support schooling of children with disabilities in mainstream settings. The SPARCLE study offers the opportunity to report on the schooling practices for children with cerebral palsy according to the nature and severity of their impairments and the schooling policy in European regions. The aim of this paper is to describe the type of schooling of children with cerebral palsy in various European regions after controlling for relevant individual factors. Children aged 8-12 years with cerebral palsy from 9 European regions and their families were interviewed. Our findings support the hypothesis that between-region variations in the type of schooling are still significant after adjustment for individual factors; and that motor function and intellectual ability have different effects on inclusion in mainstream school, depending on the region.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, UMR 1027, Research Unit on Perinatal Epidemiology and Childhood Disabilities, Adolescent Health, Toulouse F-31062, France. mariane.sentenac@inserm.fr
authors.forename: Mariane
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sentenac
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ehlinger
authors.forename: Susan Ishoy
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Michelsen
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcelli
authors.forename: Heather Olivia
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arnaud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004519:Education, Special / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index