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Peer reviewedWehmeyer, Michael L.; Field, Sharon; Doren, Bonnie; Jones, Bonnie; Mason, Christine – Exceptional Children, 2004
Promoting self-determination has become "best practice" in the education of students with disabilities. We synthesize the decade's work in this area as a foundation for considering issues pertaining to promoting self-determination in light of the current educational context. We particularly examine the role of promoting self-determination in light…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Self Determination
Download full textWiseman, Tiffany Chantelle – Online Submission, 2008
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of children in the general education classroom of their classmates with developmental and other disabilities. Gender and grade level were evaluated, but more importantly, levels of integration and relationships with people with disabilities were analyzed. (Methodology) Two hundred…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, General Education, Student Attitudes, Disabilities
Schwier, Karin Melberg – 1988
The children's picture book and parent/teacher discussion guide present disabilities as among the many "differences" that make the world interesting. Acceptance of people with handicaps is stressed in the sample questions and answers in the discussion guide. Fifteen additional resources (print, audiovisual, and other) are recommended. (DB)
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Differences
Direct linkBlanchett, Wanda J.; Mumford, Vincent; Beachum, Floyd – Remedial and Special Education, 2005
The decision in the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) case was one of the most significant events in American history in general and specifically in the educational system. Brown is so highly regarded because it held promise of placing America on the path toward equitable treatment of all of its citizens and laid the foundation for the civil…
Descriptors: United States History, Disproportionate Representation, Community Leaders, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Smith, Sally L. – 1994
The purpose of this book is to help children in grades 2-6 realize that being "different" is okay; in fact, it makes people more interesting and makes the world a better place. The book is intended to help children with disabilities feel better about themselves, and to help children without disabilities see that people who have…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Consciousness Raising, Disabilities
Wolman, Clara; McCrink, Carmen Suarez; Rodriguez, Sebastian Figueroa; Harris-Looby, Judy – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2004
An instrument was constructed to assess faculty attitudes toward university students with disabilities and accommodations in the United States and Mexico. Faculty in the United States were more positive about their professional development and had more positive general assumptions about students with disabilities. Faculty in both countries were…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, College Students, College Faculty
Chelberg, Gene; Harbour, Wendy; Juarez, Roberta L. – 1998
Information in this guidebook is designed to assist student leaders and student activities staff who are involved in planning campus programming to make campus activities accessible and inclusive, increase involvement of students with disabilities in student life activities, and promote positive change in the frequency and/or nature of interaction…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Campus Planning
Guralnick, Michael J., Ed. – 2001
Early childhood inclusion is a field characterized by a philosophy and practice that encourages full participation of children with disabilities and their families in everyday activities with their typically developing peers. Noting that success in inclusion endeavors requires substantial changes in the way our society thinks, feels, and acts,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Brantlinger, Ellen, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
This book addresses the negative consequences of labeling and separating education for students with "disabilities," the cultural biases inherent in the way that we view children's learning difficulties, the social construction of disability, the commercialization of special education, and related issues. The theme that unifies the chapters is…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Textbooks, Learning Problems, Ideology
Oklahoma State Dept. of Human Services, Oklahoma City. Developmental Disabilities Services Div. – 1993
This participant's manual covers "People are People," the first module of a four-module training program for all individuals employed in programs funded by Oklahoma's Developmental Disabilities Services Division. This includes van drivers, recreation workers, residential staff, administrators, case managers, secretarial/clerical staff, vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Caregivers, Delivery Systems
Hughes, Carolyn; Guth, Carol; Presley, Judith; Scott, Stacey; Lorden, Sarah – 1999
This manual contains materials for a course designed to enable Nashville high school students to develop peer relationships while acting as peer buddies and positive role models for students with special needs. Information is provided on various types of disabilities and learning problems, instructional techniques for students with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
Sitlington, Patricia L.; Clark, Gary M.; Kolstoe, Oliver P. – 2000
This book provides a history and overview of transitional services and educational programs provided for high school students with disabilities and proposes a new model of comprehensive transition education and services. The book is organized in 12 chapters: (1) "Secondary Special Education in Perspective"; (2) "Transition Education and Services…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Resources
