This concluding article summarizes the findings in previous articles on the inclusion of children with emotional and behavior disorders in general education. Findings indicate that there exists a population of students with emotional or behavioral disorders for whom a general education classroom or school is not the least restrictive environment.…

This paper reviews research on observational learning, including model characteristics and observers' responses, vicarious reinforcement as implicit punishment, vicarious effects on students with problem behavior, observers' other characteristics and vicarious effects, and aggression and vicarious processes. Regular class placement of students…

This volume is intended to provide greater clarity to issues of student placement by examining the concept of the "least restrictive environment" (LRE) in special education. Beginning chapters discuss current placement trends and dilemmas of service delivery. Chapter 3 describes the cultural conditions that led to contemporary special education.…