Exceptional Children articles from January 1997

Exceptional Children archives from January 1997

School-to-work components that predict postschool success for students with and without disabilities.
January 1, 1997... Improving the quality of the public schools, the readiness of school leavers, and the competitiveness of the workforce are all high national priorities. The need for a more effective school-to-work transition system can be traced to national...

Strategy instruction in planning: effects on the writing performance and behavior of students with learning difficulties.
January 1, 1997... Skill in writing depends in large part on the author's ability to plan as well as manage the composing process. The importance of planning and self-regulation are especially evident in the behavior of skilled and professional writers. Flower...

Importance of social support in the adjustment of children with learning problems.
January 1, 1997... Over the years, our view of the social world of children with learning problems has been dominated by the negative reactions of others toward the child. For instance, children with developmental delay or learning disabilities have been shown to...

Collaborative problem-solving to promote the inclusion of young children with significant disabilities in primary grades.
January 1, 1997... The concept that individuals can work together to solve a mutual problem is an old one. Collaborative problem-solving involves an interdependent relationship among two or more people tO achieve a common goal. This relationship involves...

Family perspectives on inclusive lifestyles for people with problem behavior.
January 1, 1997... Positive behavioral support is characterized by value-based principles consistent with the developmental disability policy of independence, productivity, and inclusion. Merging the behavioral research body of knowledge with current work in...

Promoting interactions among preschoolers with and without disabilities: effects of a buddy skills-training program.
January 1, 1997... The promotion of friendship development for children with disabilities is now considered a primary educational goal (Haring, 1992). Including children with disabilities in preschools is not likely tO facilitate interactions and relationship...

Self-determination and positive adult outcomes: a follow-up study of youth with mental retardation or learning disabilities.
January 1, 1997... From 1989 to 1993 the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs funded a series of model-demonstration projects to promote self-determination for youth with disabilities (Ward & Kohler, 1996). This funding initiative...

Characteristics and practices of sign language interpreters in inclusive education programs.
January 1, 1997... The successful inclusion of students who are deaf or hard of hearing in U.S. public schools (K-12) is a challenging goal. In the wake of increasing concerns about the full inclusion of children who are deaf or hard of hearing in general...

Becoming architects of communities of learning: addressing academic diversity in contemporary classrooms.
January 1, 1997... Increasingly, inclusive classrooms are the educational order of the day (Hallahan & Kauffman, 1994), with general classroom teachers having primary, if not sole, educational responsibility for the full spectrum of learners, including students...