Exceptional Children articles from June 1999

Exceptional Children archives from June 1999

Reflections on a Research Career: It Ain't Over Till It's Over.
June 22, 1999... The CEC Research Award recognizes researchers for the significant contributions they have made to special education. We believe that the members of this distinguished group have much to share with our readers. We have invited each of them to...

How We Prevent the Prevention of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
June 22, 1999... Prevention of emotional and behavioral disorders seems to be everyone's rhetorical darling, but I have come to the sad conclusion that most of our talk about prevention is of little substance. We often find ways to avoid taking primary or...

An Analysis of Judicial Outcomes of Special Education Cases.
June 22, 1999... As the country's primary special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates a partnership between school districts and the parents of students with disabilities. To the extent that this partnership is...

Narrating Self and Disability: Latino Mothers' Construction of Identities vis-a-vis Their Child with Special Needs.
June 22, 1999... Having a child with a disability raises key questions that parents are likely to continue to revisit as their child matures and as the child and family undergo transitions in school and other life experiences. Many of these questions focus on...

Patterns of Home and School Partnership for General and Special Education Students at the Secondary Level.
June 22, 1999... A substantial body of evidence attests to the benefits associated with home and school partnership practices at the general education secondary level. In his survey of 17,424 students in the National Educational Longitudinal Study, Lee (1994)...

Mediation as a Transition Process: The Impact on Postschool Employment Outcomes.
June 22, 1999... At the inception of transition studies, researchers suggested that the lives of people with disabilities be placed at the center of attention (Berkell & Brown, 1989; Gillespie & Turnbull, 1983). This early commitment is sustained through...

Classwide Peer Tutoring: Teaching Students with Mild Mental Retardation in Inclusive Classrooms.
June 22, 1999... A range of perspectives on inclusive education for students with disabilities has been voiced by disability groups, advocacy and professional organizations, and special and general educators. To determine the extent to which inclusive education...

Improving Practices For Students with Hearing Impairments.
June 22, 1999... Just talked to an old friend yesterday and she has a 12-year old son who started classes at the local middle school last week. Unfortunately, since there are only two deaf students there, the school feels they don't need to provide services and...

Implementing the IDEA Transition Mandates.
June 22, 1999... ABSTRACT: A policy study initiated in 1996 investigated implementation of the transition mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in nine sites across the United States. Five sites were identified as model sites...