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Dalgaard, Nina T.; Bondebjerg, Anja; Viinholt, Bjørn C. A.; Filges, Trine – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background: Considering the rapid global movement towards inclusion for students with special educational needs (SEN), there is a surprising lack of pedagogical or didactic theories regarding the ways in which inclusive education may affect students with SEN. Group composition within the educational setting may play a role in determining the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement
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Beaumont, Renae B.; Smith-Merry, Jennifer; Costley, Debra; Howlin, Patricia; Sofronoff, Kate; Roberts, Jacqueline; Taffe, John R.; Gray, Kylie M.; Clarke, Kristina S.; Clark, Trevor; Hodge, M. Antoinette; Horstead, Siân K.; Einfeld, Stewart L. – International Journal of Special Education, 2019
Socialization difficulties in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are often associated with peer rejection and impaired academic achievement. Schools might appear to offer an ideal setting for social-emotional skills (SES) instruction. However, common challenges to successful implementation of school-based programs include inadequate…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Shechtman, Zipora; Silektor, Anat – Roeper Review, 2012
This study, conducted in Israel, examined the social and emotional difficulties of gifted children, in comparison with nongifted children. The gifted children were further compared in two educational settings: segregated classes and pull-out programs. The 974 participants were from the fifth to twelfth grades. The dependent variables included…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries, Empathy, Interpersonal Competence
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Casserly, Ann Marie; Gildea, Anne – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
This research investigated a special reading class placement for children with dyslexia in the Republic of Ireland. The study compared the literacy attainments of children before and after their reading class placement, and determined in particular children's views regarding the placement. Participants included 16 children with dyslexia who had…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Reading Instruction, Student Placement
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Ljusberg, Anna-Lena – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2011
The aim of this article is to highlight the organisation of the remedial classroom. The data were collected from observations and semi-structured interviews with 10 teachers in remedial classes for children seen and treated as having concentration deficits. The teachers use primarily compensatory language that places the deficits in the pupils.…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Interviews, Remedial Instruction, Observation
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Jull, Stephen K. – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2008
Students identified with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) present a special case within special educational needs (SEN) and inclusion. EBD is perhaps the only category of SEN that exposes a child to increased risk of exclusion as a function of the very SEN identified as requiring special provision in the first instance. Students…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Sanctions, At Risk Students
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Williams, T. I. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1989
The article describes a social skills training group for 10 British autistic children (ages 9-16 years) which aimed to integrate them into the regular classroom. The weekly sessions were held over 4 years and followed guidelines of G. Mesibov and S. Spence. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Children, Foreign Countries
Balogh, Laszlo; David, Imre; Nagy, Kalman; Toth, Laszlo – Acta Psychologica Debrecina, 1997
Following up on data compiled in a report issued two years previously, this article discusses the outcomes of a gifted program for children ages 13-14 in Torokszentmiklos, Hungary. It begins by describing the aim of the program and its main content elements. The program was designed to make learning methods and strategies of pupils effective, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Gifted, Instructional Effectiveness
Leroux, Janice A. – Gifted Education International, 1997
A study investigated the academic and social development of 25 Canadian gifted students (ages 12-14) in a congregated class at a Catholic high school. Results found the students enjoyed being educated with their gifted peers and valued the competition. The effects of the class on the students' self-esteem are also discussed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Schools, Competition, Foreign Countries
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Moon, Sidney M.; Swift, Melanie; Shallenberger, Ann – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2002
A case study investigated the effectiveness of a new self-contained classroom with curriculum that was differentiated for 24 highly intellectually gifted fourth-and fifth-grade students. Results indicate the self-contained classroom provided a challenging learning environment for the students, but students' response to this more challenging…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Emotional Development, Gifted
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Panacek, Luanne J.; Dunlap, Glen – Exceptional Children, 2003
Social lives of 14 children with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) in segregated elementary school classrooms were compared with 14 typical students in general classrooms. Children with E/BD had little opportunity to engage in integrated school activities and their school social networks were dominated by individuals affiliated with…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Matthews, Donna J. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1999
Proposes that schools offer a human-development course that would provide a context in which gifted adolescents from diverse backgrounds could safely deal with major developmental, societal, and cultural issues that affect them. The course would increase students' self-awareness and reflectivity, and improve their decision making. (CR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Influences, Decision Making Skills, Diversity (Student)
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Dickinson, Janet; Miller, Mandy – Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 2002
A British residential school for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties set up a class for those children presenting with complex learning needs, including autism, within the school. The special class was observed over a number of weeks and the boys especially benefited tremendously in their social/emotional development and learning.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education
Guralnick, Michael J.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
Interviews with mothers of preschool age children with established disabilities (n=230) and those classified as at-risk (n=32) were conducted, focusing on issues of children's peer relations and friendships. Mothers of children in both integrated and specialized settings perceived their respective settings as facilitating social development. Both…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Communication Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities