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Publication Date: 2007
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An Overview of the Side Effects of Including Students with Learning Disabilities
Tankersley, Melody; Cook, Bryan G.
Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v14 n3 p217-224 2007
In this article, we summarize the findings from eight separate focus group studies, conducted with various stakeholders--special education teachers, general education teachers, administrators, school psychologists, students with learning disabilities, parents of students with learning disabilities, teacher educators, and higher education faculty members--regarding the unintended side effects of including students with learning disabilities. We identified four themes that cut across the studies' findings: unexpected benefits of inclusion for students with learning disabilities, unexpected benefits of inclusion for focus group participants, unexpected detriments of inclusion for students with learning disabilities, and unexpected detriments of inclusion for focus group participants. These themes and their implications for policy and practice are discussed.
Descriptors: General Education, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Special Needs Students, College Faculty, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming, Peer Relationship, School Psychologists, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Educators, Administrator Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Student Needs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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