Creating Socially Supportive Environments for Fully Included Students Who Experience Multiple Disabilities.

Hunt, Pam; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ530780

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Creating Socially Supportive Environments for Fully Included Students Who Experience Multiple Disabilities.

Hunt, Pam; And Others

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, v21 n2 p53-71 Sum 1996

A study of three children with multiple disabilities (two in first grade and one in fourth grade) tested the effectiveness of an intervention designed to increase peer interaction. The intervention included providing information to classmates on the use of communication aids, utilization of media for social interactions, and facilitation of social exchanges by teachers. Interaction was shown to increase. (CR)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Outcomes of Treatment, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Social Integration, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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