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A Principal's Dilemma: Full Inclusion or Student's Best Interests?
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Oluwole, Joseph O. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2009
This case highlights one principal's struggle to reconcile his philosophy of full inclusion with the best interests of a student with serious emotional disturbance. It raises a number of issues that bring to light challenges posed by a system of full inclusion. It also provides an opportunity for educational leadership students and administrators…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Emotional Disturbances, Instructional Leadership, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Seeking an Interim Alternative Education Placement for Dangerous or Disruptive Students with Disabilities: Four Burdens for the School District to Meet
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Etscheidt, Susan – American Secondary Education, 2006
School safety is a concern of administrators, teachers, parents and students. Federal legislation has been enacted to address school safety, including the discipline of students with disabilities. One option available to school districts is to place potentially dangerous or disruptive students in an interim alternative educational setting (IAES).…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, School Safety
Handbook of Youth Prevention Science
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Doll, Beth, Ed.; Pfohl, William, Ed.; Yoon, Jina S., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
The "Handbook of Youth Prevention Science" describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Traditional prevention research focused on preventing specific disorders, e.g. substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Intervention