About the Authors

Stuart Aitken is Senior Research Fellow with CALL (Communication, Access, Literacy, Learning) Scotland, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Paul A. Bartolo is Professor at the University of Malta and Project Adviser with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Eva Björck-Åkesson is Professor of Special Education/Early Childhood Intervention at the School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University, Sweden.

Annet de Vroey is Programme Director of Teacher Education for Special Needs and Inclusive Education at UC Leuven-Limburg, Belgium.

Verity Donnelly is Project Manager with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Serge Ebersold is Professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Paris, France, and Project Adviser with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Climent Giné is emeritus Professor at the Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport, Blanquerna – Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.

Anthoula Kefallinou is Project Officer with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Mary Kyriazopoulou is Project Manager with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Geoff Lindsay is Director of the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

Cor Meijer is the Director of the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Finn Ó Murchú is Senior Inspector with Department of Education and Skills, Ireland, and is currently seconded to University College Cork, Ireland, to co-ordinate a Postgraduate course in educational leadership.

Edgar Pereira is Co-ordinator of the VET Centre within Cooperativa para a Educação e Reabilitação de Cidadãos Inadaptados de Cascais (CERCICA) and Consultant at the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science.

Sonali Shah is a Senior Research Fellow and Teacher at Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow.

Per Skoglund is Research and Development leader in the Swedish National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools and Project Consultant with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Victoria Soriano is Assistant Director with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Hans Stäcker is a former School Inspector in the municipality of Flensburg, now working at the Ministry of education in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Simoni Symeonidou is Assistant Professor for inclusive education, at the Department of Education of the University of Cyprus and Project Officer with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Wiltrud Thies was formerly School Leader of Sophie-Scholl-School in Gießen, Germany, now working as a coach and teacher trainer for inclusive school development.

Marcella Turner-Cmuchal is Project Manager with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Amanda Watkins is Assistant Director with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.

Harald Weber is Project Manager with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Denmark.