Exceptional Children articles from September 1991

Exceptional Children archives from September 1991

Teacher perceptions of the regular education initiative. (perceptions and opinions surrounding the practice of labeling and providing special education services to students with mild disabilities)
September 1, 1991... Considerable interest and professional controversy has recently centered around the practice of labeling and providing special education services to students with mild disabilities. The call for reform of extant special education service...

Cooperative teaching project: a model for students at risk. (discusses innovative teaching model aimed at disabled children to promote student performance)
September 1, 1991... Over the past few years, many educators have sought more integration and cooperation between regular and special education in meeting the needs of at-risk students. In 1986, Madeleine Will discussed learning opportunities for educationally...

Effects of preschool integration for children with disabilities.
September 1, 1991... Probably no question has occupied special education professionals more in the past two decades than the effects, real and potential, of integrating children with disabilities and children developing normally (e.g., Allen, 1980; Allen, Benning...

Vocational technical programs: follow-up of students with learning disabilities.
September 1, 1991... Over the past several years, special educators have examined the needs of students with disabilities as they move from the public school environment to the world of employment (e.g., Clark & Knowlton, 1987). This effort to facilitate the...

Progress monitoring with objective measures of writing performance for students with mild disabilities.
September 1, 1991... The neglect of writing in the public schools has been well documented in both regular and special education (Bridge & Hiebert, 1985; Roit & McKenzie, 1985). This neglect is reflected both in the small amount of dedicated instructional time...

Serving troubled youth or a troubled society? (discusses whether public schools have an obligation to serve children and youth who are socially maladjusted) (Point/Counterpoint)
September 1, 1991... Considerable attention, as exemplified in the article by Nelson, Rutherford, Center, and Walker, appearing in the March/April 1991 issue, has been given to the question of whether public schools have an obligation to serve children and youth...

Serving troubled youth in a troubled society: a reply to Maag and Howell. (reply to John W. Maag and Kenneth W. Howell's essay in this issue about public schools' obligation to serve children and youth who are socially maladjusted) (Point/Counterpoint)
September 1, 1991... * Maag and Howell (1991) offered an interesting and, on the whole, supportive critique of our position regarding the responsibility of the public educational system to serve youths whose antisocial behavior constitutes a serious disability, yet...

Really Now, Why Can't Our Johnnies Read?
September 1, 1991... The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress report found that among 17-year-old U.S. high school students, only 4 out of 10 could be considered to be adept readers. Those who read at this level can understand complex reading...