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Mainstreaming: A Model for Including Elementary Students in the Severely Handicapped Classroom.

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Almond, Patricia; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1979

Using the concepts of normalization, mainstreaming, and individualized instruction, a big brother/big sister program was developed in which 16 severely handicapped autistic children (4 to 15 years old) were tutored by nonhandicapped and educable mentally retarded elementary students. (CL)

Descriptors: Autism, Elementary Education, Normalization (Handicapped), Peer Relationship

Classwide Peer Tutoring: An Integration Strategy to Improve Reading Skills and Promote Peer Interactions among Students with Autism and General Education Peers.

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Kamps, Debra M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994

A multiple baseline design was used to examine the effects of classwide peer tutoring relative to traditional reading instruction on reading skills and social interaction time for three high-functioning students with autism and their typical peers in integrated elementary classrooms. Results revealed increased reading fluency and reading…

Descriptors: Autism, Elementary Education, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship