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Direct linkBriesch, Amy M.; Waldron, Felicia M.; Beneville, Margaret A. – School Mental Health, 2023
The special education eligibility category that has come to be most commonly associated with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in recent years is Other Health Impairment (OHI). However, the eligibility criteria for the OHI disability category have been criticized for being especially vague, given that the disability category…
Descriptors: Special Education, Eligibility, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Classification
Ahram, Roey; Kramarczuk Voulgarides, Catherine; Cruz, Rebecca A. – Review of Research in Education, 2021
This chapter examines how studies focused on the same topic--disproportionality in special education--can generate vastly different conclusions about its sources and causes. By analyzing existing disagreements in the field, we explore essential questions about what constitutes high-quality and relevant evidence when seeking to understand how,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Disproportionate Representation, Classification
Download full textEntrich, Steve R. – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2021
With the adoption and ratification of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006, inclusive education became an international human right and a global norm. But, "Education for All" remains a worldwide challenge. It appears that some countries achieved higher inclusive education rates than others.…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Children
Ellis, Jason Brent; Abreu-Ellis, Carla – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2018
This paper provides a summary of the analysis of school enumeration returns in Ohio from 1925 through 1939, prior to state-wide school consolidation, in 26 counties. Data suggests that a wide range of students with disabilities were accommodated and included in the public-school system. The paper discusses legislation, medical, and clinical…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational History, State History, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Hawley, Leslie R.; Koziol, Natalie A.; Bovaird, James A.; McCormick, Carina M.; Welch, Greg W.; Arthur, Ann M.; Bash, Kirstie – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2016
A critical aspect of rural research is carefully defining and describing the rural context. This is particularly important in rural special education research because different definitions of rural may influence resource allocation, grant funding eligibility, and/or research findings. In order to highlight the importance of operationalizing rural,…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Special Education, Educational Research, Barriers
Mattison, Richard E. – Behavioral Disorders, 2015
This study of 182 secondary special education students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders investigated their classification by their school districts, in particular how well they were distinguished and represented by their federal categories. The districts used four classification groups (emotional disturbance, other health impairment…
Descriptors: Special Education, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, School Districts
Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
Odom, Samuel L.; Speltz, Matthew L. – Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, 1983
Literature is reviewed indicating that programs serving handicapped and nonhandicapped preschool children have been labeled inconsistently, with few attempts to identify specific variables which discriminate program types. Suggested are the terms "integrated special education" (with a high proportion of handicapped) and "mainstreamed" (with a low…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Keil, Sue; Miller, Olga; Cobb, Rory – British Journal of Special Education, 2006
Issues relating to the categorisation and labelling of pupils, and, the use of the terms "special educational needs" and "disability" in particular, have been the topic of debate in "BJSE" before. In this article, Sue Keil, a research officer at the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), Olga Miller, of the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Special Education, Special Needs Students
Booth, Tony – 1982
The third of 16 booklets designed for use in an Open University course on special education in the United Kingdom, this guide introduces key issues in the course. The variety of handicapping conditions is examined, and age and sex factors in special education are considered. Effects of the environment and the special educational system are also…
Descriptors: Classification, Course Content, Definitions, Disabilities
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Statistics on Education. – 1975
The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) has been designed as an instrument suitable for assembling, compiling, and presenting statistics of education both within individual countries and internationally. It is expected to facilitate international compilation and comparison of education statistics as such, and also their use…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classification, Comparative Education, Definitions
Peer reviewedLilly, M. Stephen – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
The article examines the background and current status of attempts to define the term "learning disabilities" (LDs), and concludes that resolution of the problem by continued search for a consummate definition of LD is unrealistic. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Emotional Disturbances, Financial Support
Muller, Eve; Linehan, Patrice – 2001
This Quick Turn Around issue analysis summarizes information gathered by Project FORUM on the disability terms used by state education agencies (SEAs). All 50 states and 6 non-state jurisdictions returned completed surveys between February and April 2001. Of the 56 respondents, 18 SEAs report having aligned their terminology completely with the 12…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDahle, Karen Bowen – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2003
This article reviews the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Forth Edition-Text Revision" and compares and contrasts the diagnostic criteria for individuals with autism with the educational requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Problems with using a dual classification system are…
Descriptors: Autism, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions
Nomura, Tosuke – RIEEC Report, 1987
There has been serious confusion between the terms "infantile autism" and "emotional disorders" in Japan, especially as pertains to special education classes. Special classes for emotionally disturbed children began in Japan in 1969 with a rapid increase to over 2000 classes by the 1980's. However, most of the children…
Descriptors: Autism, Classification, Definitions, Developmental Disabilities
