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ERIC Number: EJ345375
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Effects of Contact with Handicapped Persons on Young Children's Attitudes.
Esposito, Beverly G.; Reed, Thomas M., II
Exceptional Children, v53 n3 p224-29 Nov 1986
Results of a survey of 92 nonhandicapped first and second graders (9 of whom had previously participated in a structured integration program and 52 of whom had had unstructured informal contact with the handicapped) suggested that contact with handicapped persons, regardless of type or timing, improved attitudes. (Author/JW)
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Childhood Attitudes, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Attitudes, Social Integration, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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