Meeting the needs of students with diverse backgrounds / edited by Rosemary Sage.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to diversity : meeting the needs of students from diverse backgrounds / Rosemary Sage -- Narrating the stories of others / Rosemary Sage -- Inclusion from exclusion : cultures and communities seen through the eyes of a Muslim / Yaasmin Mubarak -- Diversity versus adversity : included or excluded? Issues emerging from teaching in state and private schools / Diane Macarthur -- 'Now he has a label, we can cope!' : parent perceptions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / Lynne Kendall -- Working with diversity in a primary school : experiences of a special needs co-ordinator / Gill Dixon -- The diverse and changing roles of teaching assistants : supporting diversity in schools / Christine Bold -- My diverse and very modern family / Julie Crofts -- Issues for living and learning in another culture : discussions with Miki Nishimori from Japan / Rosemary Sage -- A call to arms : developing diverse students through service learning / John Patterson and Alison Patterson -- The role of charities in supporting diversity and inclusion : the Selective Mutism Information and Research Association (SMIRA) / Alice Sluckin and Lindsay Whittingham -- Internatioal perspectives regarding inclusion : comparing Cyprus and the United Kingdom / Panayiota Christodoulidou -- Succeeding in diversity / Rosemary Sage.