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Talking about Learning Disability: Promoting Positive Perceptions of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Scottish Schools
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Maguire, Roseann; Wilson, Alastair; Jahoda, Andrew – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Pupils with intellectual disabilities are one of the most bullied groups in the school system and in local communities. Moreover, young people also play a significant role in hate crimes against people with intellectual disabilities of all ages beyond the school gates. This paper describes the development of a research informed program of lessons…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Positive Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability
Using Dialogue as a Means to Promote Collaborative and Inclusive Practices
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Tragoulia, Eleni; Strogilos, Vasilis – Educational Action Research, 2013
This study discusses the results of a collaborative action research project in a multi-disciplinary school for children with disabilities. The aim was to alter practices and views of the professionals concerned in order to promote the inclusion of four children in mainstream schools. Three interrelated programmes were designed and implemented over…
Descriptors: Action Research, Disabilities, Special Schools, Foreign Countries
The Rehabilitation Teachers Division of Migdal Or.
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Siegel, S. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
This article describes the Rehabilitation Teachers Division of Migdal Or, an Israeli rehabilitation agency. It discusses the division's history, structure, features, and adaptations from other programs to the needs and cultures of blind and visually impaired people in Israel. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Blindness, Foreign Countries, Private Agencies
Inclusive Education in Taiwan
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Wu-Tien, Wu – Chinese Education and Society, 2007
As an echo of the worldwide movement of inclusive education and because of the conviction of inclusive ideas, special education in Taiwan is moving toward a goal of inclusion, though not necessarily full inclusion. While its terminology is as yet undesignated, principles and strategies are significantly reflected in the Special Education Act and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Inclusive Schools, Resource Room Programs, Attitudes toward Disabilities
A World of Diversity: Including Campers of All Abilities in Your Program.
Keung, Jason Lau Wing; DeGraaf, Don – Camping Magazine, 1999
Camps developing inclusive programs can incorporate ideas and strategies from a successful inclusive recreational program in Hong Kong. Strategies focus on participants' structured interactions, extensive personal contact, joint participation, equal status, cooperative interdependence, communication, and age-appropriate behaviors. Lessons learned…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Camping, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
As If Children Matter: Perspectives on Children, Rights and Disability.
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Roeher Inst., North York (Ontario). – 1995
This collection of 16 papers attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of children in the nations of the Americas. The collection's five sections examine children's rights, perspectives of five parents from five different nations, children with disabilities in the legal system, promoting the rights of children through social…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Childhood Needs, Children, Childrens Rights