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Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Education Programs. – 1991
This guide offers specific recommendations to Texas school districts concerning the implementation of least restrictive environment (LRE) requirements for students with disabilities. Suggestions are grouped according to six issues recommended for consideration in the decision making process: These are: (1) the primacy of the individual student's…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Delivery Systems
Hunt, Pam; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1994
This study compared 16 students with either a less or more severe disability from elementary schools using the "full inclusion" model and 16 similar students from schools using the special class model. The study analyzed individualized education plans and also compared program quality and student outcome variables. Significant…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Levin, Benjamin – 1983
The integrated model at Westwood Secondary School (Ontario) involves the combination in a single school of vocational programs and regular secondary school programs. The model was implemented in fall 1981 with the entry of vocational students in grades 9 and 10 and will be phased in until all 4 years of vocational programming are offered. Data for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Career Planning, Extracurricular Activities
Costigan, T.; And Others – 1983
Westwood Secondary School (Ontario) has integrated two grades of vocational students with regular secondary students in one school. A summary of findings from surveys and student records indicates that students in the vocational program are integrated with the other students to a considerable extent. At least one regular course is being taken by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Career Planning, Extracurricular Activities
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Alper, Sandra; Ryndak, Diane Lea – Elementary School Journal, 1992
Discusses the growing legal, philosophical, and empirical support for allowing students with severe handicaps to attend regular classes with peers of the same age. Presents advantages of integration for students with and without handicaps. Resources for bringing about integration are described. (GLR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Rose, Deborah F.; Smith, Barbara J. – 1994
As public school personnel struggle to provide preschool-age children with disabilities with high quality, normalized or inclusive preschool experiences, there is an increased need for collaboration with community-based early childhood providers. This paper addresses the federal legal requirements for public school, Head Start, and community-based…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights Legislation, Community Programs