Providing support to students with special educational needs and disability in Polish mainstream schoolsNatalia MalenkoCo-authors: Jolanta Boryszewska, Barbara AdamiakThe State University of Applied Sciences in Lomza (Poland)jboryszewska@pwsip.edu.pl, badamiak@pwsip.edu.pl, nmalenko@pwsip.edu.plThe purpose of the study is to investigate the state of affairs in SEND provision in the Polish educational area from a diachronic perspective. There are many different systems of SEND support in various countries. They all undergo multidimensional changes in the course of their development. The aim of the paper is to collect theoretical and practical experience on the ways of SEND provision up to 2012 through reflections of the teachers who deal with children with SEND before and after on the most essential changes which took place in Poland in 2010. the principle documents which regulate SEND provision in Poland. The paper also comprises a fragment of research which has been carried out on a group of teachers in our region. The teachers were supposed to fill in a specially designed questionnaire whose aim was to learn how they assessed the changes which were introduced into the system of SEND provision in 2010. They were asked how they perceived the changes and their general trajectory.The priority of teachers who work with children with SEND is to help and organize support provision the best they can. Different concepts of SEND provision and changes they undergo very often pose a variety of multiple problems the teachers have to struggle with. The aim of the research is to stay at the forefront of any developments which take place in the area of SEND provision and have all the interested parties like teachers, specialists and parents informed about the current situation in the area. It is not quite clear where all the changes will lead in SEND provision though.The continuation of the research following the change in SEND provision which took place in 2013 has been done, though the outcome has not been described yet.
