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Jensen de López, Kristine M.; Lyons, Rena; Novogrodsky, Rama; Baena, Sofia; Feilberg, Julie; Harding, Sam; Kelic, Maja; Klatte, Inge S.; Mantel, Tina C.; Tomazin, Marina O.; Ulfsdottir, Thora S.; Zajdó, Krisztina; Rodriguez-Ortiz, Isabel R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Although researchers have explored parental perspectives of childhood speech and language disorders, most studies have been conducted in English-speaking countries. Little is known about parental experiences across countries, where procedures of language screening and services for language disorders differ. The authors participated in the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Foreign Countries
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Shulman, Cory; Meadan, Hedda; Sandhaus, Yoram – Infants and Young Children, 2012
This article aims to analyze early intervention programs in Israel according to the Developmental Systems Model (Guralnick, 2001), in an attempt to identify strengths and areas for further development for service delivery for young children with disabilities in Israel. Early intervention in Israel is part of a comprehensive healthcare model…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Young Children, Early Intervention
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Leyser, Yona; Romi, Shlomo – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
The study examined attitudes toward school inclusion of students with disabilities of 1,145 prospective teacher trainees from six national/religious groups in eleven colleges in Israel: The groups were secular, religious and ultra-orthodox Jews and Muslim, Christian and Druze Arabs. Participants responded to the "Opinion Related to Inclusion…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Higher Education, Behavior Problems, Jews
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Dinero, Steven C. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2002
Examines disproportionality in special education among Israeli Arabs. Arab children are more likely than Jewish children to be placed in special education. Negev bedouin Arab children, however, are underrepresented in special education. Discusses whether a culture of disability is being fostered among the Arab citizens of Israel and whether…
Descriptors: Arabs, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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Florian, Victor; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1988
This study compared attitudes toward disability of 148 Arab and 124 Jewish high school students in Israel. Results found a significant effect of cultural affiliation with Jewish youth expressing more positive attitudes than their Arab counterparts. Findings were related to possible differences in psychodynamic processes motivating attitudes in the…
Descriptors: Arabs, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
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Gumpel, Thomas P.; Awartani, Sana – Journal of Special Education, 2003
A study involving 1,107 teachers and student-teachers compared special educational policies in Israel and under the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian teachers tended to have a more radical view of issues concerning education and equity as they pertained to the necessity of educating all children in order to build a strong nation. (Contains…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Educational Change
Edyburn, Dave L.; And Others – 1995
The four articles in this monograph present issues in the application of technology to special education from an international perspective. In the first chapter, "Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems--Computer Applications for Individuals with Disabilities: An International Perspective," Richard Cardinali and George McMurdo…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction