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Direct linkScior, Katrina – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The general public's responses to people with intellectual disabilities influence the likely success or failure of policies aimed at increasing their social inclusion. The present paper provides a review of general population based research into awareness, attitudes and beliefs regarding intellectual disability published in English between 1990…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Surveys, Predictor Variables, Negative Attitudes
Schwab, Susanne; Gebhardt, Markus; Ederer-Fick, Elfriede M.; Gasteiger Klicpera, Barbara – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
The "Attitudes Towards Integration Scale" (ATIS) assesses the attitude of the general public towards the school integration of children with disabilities. The scale was empirically created in a pilot study (n=351) and later used to survey 2158 people. The data from both surveys are analysed in the present paper; the results show that the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, School Desegregation, Negative Attitudes, Familiarity
Berry, Ruth A. W. – Teacher Educator, 2010
This investigation examined the attitudes of beginning general education teachers (preservice and early career) with respect to teaching in inclusion classrooms. Sixty graduate students, taking a survey at the conclusion of a special education course, completed Q-sorts constructed to evaluate responses regarding attitude toward (a) inclusion, (b)…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Inclusive Schools, Profiles, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
van der Veen, Ineke; Smeets, Ed; Derriks, Mechtild – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Several barriers are hampering the provision of adequate education to students with special educational needs in mainstream primary schools. It is not clear how many and which students in the Netherlands are considered children with special educational needs. The problems that make teachers consider children to have special educational…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Student Characteristics
Murray, Christopher; Lombardi, Allison; Wren, Carol T.; Keys, Christopher – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
This investigation examined the relationship between prior disability-focused training and university faculty members' attitudes towards students with learning disabilities (LD). A survey containing items designed to measure faculty attitudes was sent to all full-time faculty at one university. Analyses of 198 responses indicated that faculty who…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Dupoux, Errol; Wolman, Clara; Estrada, Elisa – International Journal of Disability Development and Education, 2005
This investigation compared the attitudes of teachers toward integration of students with disabilities in Haiti and the United States. A sample of 152 high school teachers in Haiti and 216 high school teachers in the United States was asked to complete a background questionnaire and the Opinions Relative to the Integration of Students with…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
Lawrence, Emily R.; Glidden, Laraine M.; Jobe, Brian M. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
Employee retention was studied in 48 counselors working at a summer camp for children and adults with disabilities. We hypothesized that attitudes toward persons with disabilities, personality characteristics of counselors, job satisfaction, and previous counselor experience would predict whether counselors would elect to return to work the…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Work Environment, Personality, Job Satisfaction
