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Cullen, Mairi Ann; Lindsay, Geoff; Hastings, Richard; Denne, Louise; Stanford, Catherine – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
This 'best available evidence' review was commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in 2019 to inform the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Guidance document (EEF, 2020). This review was commissioned explicitly as a broad overview of evidence across a range of topics, with the intention that the EEF might then…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Inclusion, Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice
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Gindis, Boris – Journal of Special Education, 1986
A review of theories and practices of contemporary special education in the Soviet Union focuses on the current state and tendencies in development of basic theoretical concepts, methods of screening, and organizational structure of special education and compares these with American theoretical considerations and practical approaches. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Policy
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Brown, Ronald T. – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Discusses identification and evaluation guidelines under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. To satisfy federal mandates concerning the placement of handicapped children, public school systems are required to utilize a least restrictive environment, whereby complete segregation of handicapped from nonhandicapped children is prohibited.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Mitchell, Melissa, Ed. – 1997
This policy brief examines the role of ethnicity in special education by reporting on a study of the impact of base rates of ethnicity on the identification, placement, and graduation rates of children with disabilities. Emphasis is on system characteristics rather than individual student characteristics. The study explored the relationship…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Law and Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
This report reviews and compares the legal rights of students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The first and second sections detail the statutory framework of the laws and legal requirements pertaining to eligibility, identification, and local and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Clinical Diagnosis, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Scruggs, Thomas E., Ed.; Mastropieri, Margo A., Ed. – 1997
This book presents nine papers that focus on the identification, behavior, intervention, and inclusion of children with learning and behavior disabilities in general education classrooms. The papers include "Effectiveness of Social Skills Training for Students with Behavior Disorders: A Meta-Analysis" (Kenneth A. Kavale and others);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders
Obiakor, Festus E.; And Others – 1993
This report compares and contrasts special education and least restrictive environment requirements for children with disabilities in Nigeria and the United States. The implementation of special education policies in both countries is discussed, including policies in the following areas: referral and identification, nondiscriminatory assessment,…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Due Process