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Latham, Glenn – Principal, 1987
Since the passage in 1975 of Public Law 94-142 with the intent of "mainstreaming" handicapped students, more students are moving from regular classrooms into special education rooms. Identifies and discusses eight disincentives to mainstreaming handicapped students. (MD)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Miller, Maurice; Loukellis, Irene – 1982
The basis for socially mainstreaming handicapped children as well as changing attitudes toward the handicapped are discussed; and a list of teaching activities and resources for introducing students to the mentally retarded, the visually impaired, the physically handicapped, the hearing impaired, and the learning disabled is presented. A summary…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Hearing Impairments
Dickinson, Valerie J. – 1987
A descriptive study reports on attitudes of 24 special day class teachers toward mainstreaming of learning handicapped students and toward practices used to implement mainstreaming. Questionnaires were completed concerning factual, attitudinal, and process information for placement and monitoring in the least restrictive environment (LRE).…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Handler, Beth R. – 2003
This study provides an evaluation of the national and state level educational environmental placement trends for students, ages 6-11 or 12-17, with learning disabilities (LD), emotional disabilities (ED), mental retardation (MR), or speech and language impairments (SLI) in the decade following implementation of the Regular Education Initiative…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1994
Special education is under fire from full inclusionists who advocate for children with severe mental retardation and who contend that special education settings are immoral dumping grounds for children deemed "unteachable." Other advocates of inclusion focus on the invalidity of disability categories, tests, and instructional services which, in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Methods, Educational Policy
Mitchell, Melissa, Ed. – 1997
This policy brief reports on a study exploring state by state variation in placement rates for students with disabilities in either regular or special education settings and the relationship of economic, sociodemographic, and educational factors to these rates. The study analyzed data for the school year 1992-93 and compared the percent of…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Gottlieb, Barbara W. – 1987
This study examined whether Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) subtest patterns employing Kaufman's classification system differ between male and female elementary grade students receiving special education services. It also examined whether females in special education are more significantly impaired than males, and whether males…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cognitive Ability, Disabilities, Elementary Education