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Taylor Hunter – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this collective case study was to understand how special education teachers interpret and navigate the concept of the least restrictive environment (LRE) standard in providing educational support for students with intellectual disabilities and autism. The guiding theories for this study were behaviorism and social cognitive theory.…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Pugach, Marleen C.; Peck, Charles – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2016
Promoting the education of children with disabilities in general education classrooms has been a clear and consistent goal of federal education policy since the enactment of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) over forty years ago. However, among the many challenges to achieving this goal, one of the most persistent has been the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
Allen, Anthony G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 has made a profound impact on millions of children with disabilities who now enjoy their right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE). It is the goal of national policy, endorsed by Congress, to ensure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic…
Descriptors: African American Students, Socioeconomic Status, Mild Mental Retardation, Racial Composition
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Pang, Yanhui – School Community Journal, 2010
Active family involvement and important family roles in the early intervention to preschool transition have been mandated by laws, recognized by the position statements of professional organizations, and validated through evidence-based research. In order to involve families in this process, reduce stresses, and conquer the challenges families may…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Systems Approach, Disabilities
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Beratan, Gregg – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2008
The disproportionate representation of minority students in special education has long been recognised as a problem in the United States. It is, however, only with the 2004 authorisation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) that Congress has tried to prescribe a remedy for this. Beginning with a deconstruction of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Disproportionate Representation
Zubal-Ruggieri, Rachael, Ed.; Smith, Valerie, Ed. – Center on Human Policy, 2003
Despite progress, there is a continuing need for resource information about available supports for full inclusion of students with disabilities in educational settings. This information packet, substantially revised from 1993, is intended to provide basic information on timely subjects within inclusive education and to assist interested people in…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Equal Education