Creating Opportunities for Contact between Mainstream Pupils and Their Counterparts with Learning Difficulties.

Shevlin, Michael; O'Moore, Astrid Mona

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Publication Date: 2000

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Creating Opportunities for Contact between Mainstream Pupils and Their Counterparts with Learning Difficulties.

Shevlin, Michael; O'Moore, Astrid Mona

British Journal of Special Education, v27 n1 p29-34 Mar 2000

This article describes an Irish program linking mainstream pupils (n=30) and their counterparts with severe and profound learning difficulties (n=16) and assesses the social and educational benefits for all involved. The program had a positive impact on the emotional reactions of young people toward interacting with their peers with learning difficulties. (Contains 12 references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Program Effectiveness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Ireland

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