Social Skills Assessment as a Component of Mainstreaming Placement Decisions.

Gresham, Frank M.

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ERIC Number: EJ276464

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983-Jan

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Social Skills Assessment as a Component of Mainstreaming Placement Decisions.

Gresham, Frank M.

Exceptional Children, v49 n4 p331-36 Jan 1983

The use of social skills measures as a component of multifactored assessment in making mainstreamed placement decisions is recommended. It is suggested that social skills information may be more important in making a decision to mainstream than IQ or achievement. (Author)

Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence, Mainstreaming, Social Development, Student Evaluation, Student Placement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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