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Cichy, Bryan Ervin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
African American students are overrepresented in the category of Emotional Disturbance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act across the United States. This study examined how preservice teachers rated African American and European American students on three ratings scales across four culturally mediated behaviors: (a) movement…
Descriptors: African American Students, Preservice Teachers, Emotional Disturbances, Disproportionate Representation
Dekeyzer, Lori Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
With passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990, autism was recognized as a distinct special education category. Subsequently, there has been a steady increase in the number of students qualified in the schools to receive special education services under this category. There are a number of questions as to the types of…
Descriptors: Autism, Special Education, Related Services (Special Education), Urban Schools
Karen Barbara Patterson – ProQuest LLC, 2003
The 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) suggests that the general education setting is the most appropriate placement for all students with disabilities based on its mandate for the least restrictive environment. Because many children with disabilities have historically been educated in self-contained…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities