Exceptional Children articles from December 1992

Exceptional Children archives from December 1992

Examining the instructional contexts of students with learning disabilities.
December 1, 1992... * Several factors contribute to the need to study the instructional contexts of students with learning disabilities. Among these factors are the variety of classroom environments in which these students receive instruction, the need for...

Factors influencing the social status of children with mild academic disabilities in regular classrooms.
December 1, 1992... * The practice of integrating students with mild academic and intellectual disabilities into regular classrooms has been justified to a large extent by arguments based on the potential social and emotional benefits to the child with the...

Group evaluation: a collaborative, peer-mediated behavior management system.
December 1, 1992... * A group-oriented management system is an effective, efficient strategy that many special educators are employing in their classrooms (Hayes, 1976; Litow & Pumroy, 1975; Nelson, 1981; Salend, 1987). A variety of independent, dependent, and...

Educational services for children with chronic illnesses: perspectives of educators and families.
December 1, 1992... * Between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s, the number of children with chronic illnesses doubled (Newacheck, Budetti, & McManus, 1984). In 1985, Hobbs, Perrin, and Ireys estimated that 7.5 million children in the United States under the age of 18...

Adult adjustment among high school graduates with mild disabilities.
December 1, 1992... * In the past few years, a number of studies have focused on the adult adjustment of former special education students (e.g., Fardig, Algozzine, Schwartz, Hensel, & Westling, 1985; Hasazi, Gordon, & Roe, 1985; Mithaug, Horiuchi, & Fanning,...

Learning disabilities and social competence: a social ecological perspective.
December 1, 1992... * The justification for mainstreaming children with mild disabilities, particularly those with learning disabilities (LD), into regular classrooms has always been based less on possible academic gains for children with disabilities and more on...

Relationships among states' fiscal and demographic data and the implementation of P.L. 94-142.
December 1, 1992... * As special education policies and programs have been established within the states, the interaction between federal mandates and state resources has resulted in notable variation among states in policy interpretations (Geny, 1985) and...

Are special educators' career paths special? Reports from a 13-year longitudinal study.
December 1, 1992... This nation has a serious shortage of qualified special education and related services professionals. Projections of both student and professional demographic data indicate that over the coming years the shortages will reach crisis proportion...