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Medical Model and Social Model of Special Educational Needs
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... Examine the difference between the 'social model' and the 'medical model' as a way of understanding, identifying and responding to special needs. Models of disability are tools for defining Special Educational Needs (SEN), in the hope that strategies can be devised to meet the needs of disabled people. The medical model of disability focuses on the child's condition, seeing the problem within the child, trying to find a way of treating the child to fit in with his environment. Disability Equality in Education (DEE) defines the medical model stating that the impairment is focused on, rather than the needs of the person (http://www.diseed.org.uk/Medical_Social_Model.htm, no date). In contrast, the social model of disability sees the problem with the environment, addressing that changes need to be made within society. Alcott (2002, p.120) describes the social model explaining that the focus of attention is on the environment in which the child lives, making changes













