Overrepresentation of Immigrants in Special Education / Die Überrepräsentation von MigrantInnen in der Sonderpädagogik

This book discusses the overrepresented referral of students froma migrant background to special education by concentrating on thecase of students from a Turkish background in Austria. It attemptsto open space for bringing first-hand experiences together to addressthe complexity of the referral process and to develop an understandingthat goes beyond oversimplification and linear explanations forthe overrepresentation of students from a migrant background in lowpromisingschools.