NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Understanding the Impact of Inclusion: Editor's Introduction.
Meyer, Luanna H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1994
This article introduces a special journal issue about the impact of inclusion on students with severe disabilities. It comments that children belong with their peers in their communities, that schools need to be ready for inclusion, and that empirical research is needed to ensure that inclusion proceeds in a way that will benefit all children.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Research Needs
What Children Report and Remember: A Six-Year Follow-Up of the Effects of Social Contact between Peers with and without Severe Disabilities.
Kishi, Gloria S.; Meyer, Luanna H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1994
A survey of 183 Hawaii students (ages 15-19) and interviews with a subsample of 93 students investigated subjects' memories about elementary school experiences involving peers with severe disabilities. Analysis revealed that earlier social contact resulted in more positive attitudes, higher levels of current reported social contact, and more…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies, High School Students
A Consultation Model to Support Integrated Educational Services for Students with Severe Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors.
Janney, Rachel E.; Meyer, Luanna H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1990
This report describes a consultation model that utilizes in-service training and technical assistance to support integrated school placements for students with severe disabilities and serious behavior problems. Follow-up placement information is presented for 33 students receiving services during the 1986 to 1989 school years. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Consultation Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies
Validation of the Assessment of Social Competence (ASC) for Children and Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities.
Meyer, Luanna H.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1990
Development and validation of the Assessment of Social Competence (ASC), designed for individuals at all levels of functioning, are described. Results from samples of 140 children/youth and 161 adults with mental retardation and other disabilities indicate ASC is a comprehensive, criterion-referenced tool for both descriptive and intervention…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Criterion Referenced Tests, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
Social Integration and Severe Disabilities: A Longitudinal Analysis of Child Outcomes.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cole, David A.; Meyer, Luanna H. – Journal of Special Education, 1991
Evaluation of integrated versus segregated schooling of 91 children with severe developmental disabilities found that integrated children spent less time with therapists, equal time with special education teachers, more time with other children, and less time alone. No differences were found on developmental skills; however, integrated children…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Inclusive Middle Schooling Practices: Shifting from Deficit to Support Models.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Meyer, Luanna H.; And Others – 1991
The Syracuse Stay In School Partnership Project, an alternative to the deficit-remedial dropout intervention model, is described in this report. The collaborative project undertaken by district middle schools and Syracuse University (New York) is based on an inclusive approach to dropout prevention, seeking to modify the school experience for…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention