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Download full textValente, Joseph Michael, Ed.; Danforth, Scot, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2016
This issue of the Occasional Papers Series aims to draw attention to the use of storytelling as a medium for provoking dialogue about inclusive classrooms and school communities. It offers readers stories of classroom life that provide insights into understanding the complexities that make up the lives of children with disabilities, their…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Teaching Methods, Inclusion, Disabilities
Direct linkWilliams, Jacob; Pazey, Barbara; Fall, Anna Mária; Yates, James R.; Roberts, Garrett J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2015
The purpose of this study is to investigate factors that may influence school administrators' disciplinary decisions involving students with disabilities. Confirmatory factor analysis suggests that the investigator-developed measures adequately represent the hypothesized latent factors per the pattern of observed responses. The hypothesized…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Administrator Attitudes
The Top Ten Things New High School Teachers Need to Know about Servicing Students with Special Needs
Laprairie, Kimberly; Johnson, Daphne D.; Rice, Marilyn; Adams, Paula; Higgins, Betty – American Secondary Education, 2010
Many preservice secondary teachers feel well prepared by their teacher preparation programs to teach their content area. However, these same preservice teachers overwhelmingly indicated that more instruction in serving students with special needs-modifications, management techniques, paperwork and educational terms-was warranted. They understand…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Special Needs Students
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
This fact sheet describes provisions under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that prohibit the discriminatory assignment of students with disabilities to segregated classes or facilities. In elementary and secondary schools, students with disabilities may be assigned to…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Educational Discrimination
Peer reviewedShinohara, Mutsuharu – Equity and Excellence, 1989
Problems of mainstreaming and racial integration in American schools are analyzed by a Japanese observer. The individualized educational program ideology is seen often to prevail over the principle of mainstreaming. A "separate but equal" approach contradicts the spirit of the Federal Handicapped Education Act. Synthesis of togetherness,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Comparative Education, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report focuses on issues relating to the development of individualized education programs for and placement of students who are classified as having mental retardation, learning disabilities, behavioral disabilities, or serious emotional disturbances. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights examined present-day barriers and inequities that deny…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Behavior Disorders, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
George, Carri; Heinsohn, Dawn; Langbehn, Kristy; Buppapong, Raweewan; Hollowell, Elizabeth; Petty, Richard; Hughey, Anne-Marie; Jones, Darrell Lynn; Boundy, Kathleen; Hollowell, Maureen – 2001
This participant's manual is part of a training program sponsored by IL NET, a national training and technical assistance project working to strengthen the independent living movement. It is intended to teach participants what the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) law and regulations require, how to do transition planning and the…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Child Advocacy, Disabilities
Levison, Lorie; St. Onge, Isabelle – 1999
This book is designed to reduce the discomfort and alienation of teachers and students regarding people with disabilities. Chapter 1, "The Realities of Disability," discusses the historical prejudice against people with disabilities, legislative changes that make inclusion possible, and disability awareness in the classroom. Chapter 2,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Design, Delivery Systems
Wehman, Paul, Ed. – 1998
One of a series of guides that provides practical resources on topics critical to the process of preparing individuals with disabilities for adulthood, this volume is designed to help special education teachers, guidance and rehabilitation counselors, parents, advocates, and psychologists become familiar with how to develop individual transition…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
