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

Almond, Patricia; And Others

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Publication Date: 1979

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

Almond, Patricia; And Others

Teaching Exceptional Children, v11 n4 p135-39 Sum 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, Peer Teaching, Program Descriptions, Severe Disabilities, Tutorial Programs, Volunteers

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