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Reschly, Daniel J. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1988
The article examines issues concerning mild mental retardation (MMR) classification and programing including placement bias litigation, MMR diagnostic construct and classification criteria, general intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior, sociocultural status, pseudo reforms through changes in assessment, the Learning Potential Assessment…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Court Litigation
Download full textReschly, Daniel J. – 1986
Over the past ten years, dramatic changes have been seen in the numbers of mildly mentally retarded students in the United States; in particular, a 30 percent decrease in the number of mildly mentally retarded students between 1976 and 1986 has been well documented. These changes have occurred in response to litigation in the federal courts,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Educational Change, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Legislation
Reschly, Daniel J. – 1997
This monograph addresses issues concerned with the disproportionate representation of minority students, especially black students, in special education programs. It reviews the nondiscrimination legal requirements and protections as well as litigation in the federal courts. After a "warm-up exercise" in the form of a pre-test, an…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Students, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
