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Hendrick, Irving G.; Mac Millan, Donald L. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
A review of historical documents from the early 1900's in Los Angeles indicated that although mental testing played an important diagnostic role, it did not determine special class placement or establishment of special classes. Teacher referral was equally important in placement decisions. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Hamre-Nietupski, Susan; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
Special education teachers (n=158) of students with severe disabilities indicated that they believed that friendships between their students and nondisabled peers are possible and beneficial to both and that such friendships are more likely when students are partially mainstreamed. However, teachers felt that functional skills are better developed…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship
Saint-Laurent, Lise; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
Comparison of the efficacy of integrating 41 elementary school students with moderate mental retardation into either regular classes, a special class with a community-based program, or a special class with a traditional developmental program found that, after 2 years, no single program was superior to the other 2. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Comparative Analysis, Developmental Programs, Elementary Education
Brigham, Frederick J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
Eight public school adolescent students with mild mental retardation and severely disruptive classroom behaviors participated in a cooperative behavior management intervention in which student teams were rewarded for appropriate classroom behavior. Rewarding both teams and individuals was most successful in decreasing inappropriate behavior in all…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
Haring, Kathryn; Lovett, David – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1990
The follow-up study of 58 persons with severe mental retardation who had exited self-contained special education programs from 1983 to 1985 found 57 percent were placed in sheltered workshops or day activity centers, 15 percent received formal postsecondary training, 62 percent resided in their family homes, and 26 percent lived in group homes.…
Descriptors: Employment, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Group Homes
Saint-Laurent, Lise; Lessard, Jean-Charles – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
Using 41 students (ages 6-10) with moderate mental retardation as subjects, 3 different forms of academic integration are compared: special classes using a functional curriculum, special classes using a traditional curriculum, and regular classes. After the first year, no significant intergroup differences appeared for measurements of cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Preferences for Sources of Social Support of Hispanic Male Adolescents with Mild Learning Handicaps.
Morrison, Gale M.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
This study investigated social support preferences of Hispanic male junior high school students with (n=22) and without (n=11) mild learning handicaps for various life stressors. Students with handicaps were more likely to choose "nobody" and less likely to choose siblings than nonhandicapped peers. Differences between special class and resource…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Interpersonal Relationship, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
