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To assess how inclusive education is perceived and experienced across educational levels by students with special educational needs, teachers, families, and peers, and to identify practices that enhance learning and participation.

August 16, 2026International Journal of Inclusive Education

Perceptions and implementation of inclusive education for students with special educational needs: a systematic review

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LCLucía Calatayud-JordánGeneralitat Valenciana ISInmaculada Chiva SanchísGeneralitat Valenciana GSGenoveva Ramos SantanaUniversitat de València

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Systematic review reveals multifaceted challenges in inclusive education for special needs students, highlighting the necessity of structured pedagogical support.

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To assess how inclusive education is perceived and experienced across educational levels by students with special educational needs, teachers, families, and peers, and to identify practices that enhance learning and participation.
Followed PRISMA guidelines and searched eight electronic databases: Embase, PubMed, PsycInfo, ERIC, Scopus, Semantic Scholar, Web of Science, and the Virtual Health Library.
Identified 2,186 initial records across early childhood, primary, secondary, and vocational education, including 36 studies after deduplication and full-text screening.
Students with special educational needs and parents valued mainstream academic and social opportunities, though inclusion was often compromised by bullying, lower expectations, and peripheral friendships.
Teachers endorsed inclusion ethically but reported deficits in specialized training, institutional resources, and specialist support, while peers showed positive overall attitudes alongside exclusionary daily interactions.
Inclusion achieved the greatest success when schools implemented structured pedagogical adaptations, coordinated support systems, and proactive peer relationship initiatives, though evidence remains heavily skewed toward Western contexts.

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Calatayud-Jordán et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81796af2fb91fc834ac8f6 https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2026.2715637

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Systematic review reveals multifaceted challenges in inclusive education for special needs students, highlighting the necessity of structured pedagogical support.

Perceptions and implementation of inclusive education for students with special educational needs: a systematic review

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Perceptions and implementation of inclusive education for students with special educational needs: a systematic review

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