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ERIC Number: ED372525
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Feb
Pages: 75
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Inclusive Education: A Series of Issue Papers.
Illinois Coalition on School Inclusion, Springfield.
Thirteen brief papers address issues in inclusive education, with special emphasis on concerns and applications in Illinois. The following issues are discussed: (1) the relationship of the inclusive schools concept to that of providing a continuum of alternative placement options; (2) needed changes in current funding of special education to provide incentives (rather than disincentives) for school districts to include students with disabilities in regular classes and schools; (3) the practices of mainstreaming, integration, and "dumping" of students into regular classes without supports as opposed to "supportive" education in an inclusive education system; (4) needed restructuring in preservice training of teachers if inclusive education is to be fostered; (5) benefits of inclusive education for families; (6) the destructive effects of categorical labels; (7) the urgency of the removal of architectural barriers in public schools; (8) inservice and administrative supports needed by both regular and special education teachers for successful inclusion of students with disabilities; (9) specific ways administrators can support inclusion; (10) the role of the individualized education program in inclusive schooling; (11) a comparison of such terms as "least restrictive environment,""integration,""mainstreaming,""regular education initiative," and "inclusion"; (12) accountability issues at the state level; and (13) curriculum issues and inclusive education. Some papers contain references. (DB)
Publication Type: Collected Works - General
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Illinois Coalition on School Inclusion, Springfield.
Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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