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Attitudes of Israeli Teachers and Paraprofessionals towards the New Definition of ID and Their Willingness to Cope with Special Education Law Changes
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Lifshitz, Hefziba; Nissim, Shoshanna; Cohen, Sara – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
Attitudes of teachers (N = 96) and paraprofessionals (N = 48) working with students with intellectual disability (ID) towards the new definition of ID (Luckasson et al., 1992, 2002), was examined. The main innovation of the new definition of ID is the cancellation of the four ID levels, suggesting an optimistic view, especially towards individuals…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Mental Retardation, Teacher Attitudes, Special Education