Exceptional Children articles from September 1997

Exceptional Children archives from September 1997

Helping or hovering? Effects of instructional assistant proximity on students with disabilities.
September 22, 1997... As students with disabilities increasingly are placed in general education schools and classes, the use of instructional assistants has greatly expanded. Recent national figures estimate that over 500,000 instructional assistants are employed...

Perceived inservice training needs for early intervention personnel.
September 22, 1997... In the 10 years since the passage of Public Law 99-457 (now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: IDEA), the most fundamental challenge to full implementation of the law has been the adequate and timely preparation of the growing...

Comparing the effects of educational placement on the social relationships of intermediate school students with severe disabilities.
September 22, 1997... Implementing policy decisions occasions predicted, as well as unpredicted, changes in the outcomes produced by a system (Gilbert, 1978; Glenn, 1988; Harris, 1980; Skrtic, 1991). When those changes are consistent with the values of a particular...

When students with disabilities participate in cooperative groups.
September 22, 1997... Mainstreaming/inclusion advocates have been enthusiastic about cooperative groups as beneficial for students with disabilities. Studies (Augustine, Gruber, & Hanson, 1989; Carlson, Ellison, & Dietrich, 1988) have found that inclusion in...

The effects of reintegration into general education reading instruction for students with mild disabilities.
September 22, 1997... Reintegration is the process of returning to general education classrooms those special education students who have been-served in pull-out programs such as resource rooms or self-contained classrooms. In the past decade, the topic of placing...

Implementing inclusion at the middle school level: lessons from a negative example.
September 22, 1997... The term "inclusion" refers to a process whereby students with disabilities receive their education, with necessary special education support, primarily in general classrooms alongside students without special education designations (York,...

Pathways to family empowerment: effects of family-centered delivery of early intervention services.
September 22, 1997... Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 1991) was intended to restructure the system that delivers and coordinates services for families caring for infants and toddlers with disabilities (Swan & Morgan, 1993; Winton,...

Putting inclusion into practice: perspectives of teachers and parents.
September 22, 1997... Placing students with disabilities in general education classrooms with out-of-class special instruction is the latest practice in a trend of approaches to meeting the requirement of "least restrictive environment" mandated by the Education...