Exceptional Children articles from February 1996

Exceptional Children archives from February 1996

These families, those families: the impact of researcher identities on the research act.
February 1, 1996... What is the influence of the qualitative researcher's identity on the design and conduct of research with families of children with disabilities? Daley (1992) has observed that families are "one of the most closed and private of all social...

Report card grading and adaptations: a national survey of classroom practices.
February 1, 1996... Two pervasive trends have deeply affected classroom practices for students with disabilities: an increased emphasis on higher standards and accountability for student performance, and the inclusion of students with disabilities into general...

Rural special education teachers' plans to continue or leave their teaching positions.
February 1, 1996... For the past several years in the United States, certified special education teachers have been in short supply. As a result, each year many special education positions remain unfilled or are filled by personnel with probationary or emergency...

Supporting professionals-at-risk: evaluating interventions to reduce burnout and improve retention of special educators.
February 1, 1996... Critical staff shortages in special education are forcing increased attention to the issues of recruitment and retention of qualified special education teaching staff. A growing sense of urgency surrounds these issues, and as the shortages become...

A challenge to the viability of mild mental retardation as a diagnostic category.
February 1, 1996... Throughout the past several decades, educators and researchers have debated the concept of mental retardation (Clausen, 1967; Zigler, 1967), particularly regarding its etiology, prevalence, and viability as a discrete and reliable diagnostic...