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Megan Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This mixed-methods phenomenological study examined elements that impact Individualized Education Program (IEP) team members in supporting placement for students with disabilities (SWD) in inclusive early childhood education programs. Best practices in education and federal law stipulate that schools educate SWD in settings as close to general…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Teamwork, Cooperative Planning, Students with Disabilities
Sam Mintz; Emme Williamson; Jaimee Kidder – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
During the 2023 Legislative Session, the Legislature considered House Bill (HB) 1479, a measure which would have prohibited isolation and further restricted restraint in public schools. While the bill did not pass, the Legislature provided the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) with designated state funds to begin actualizing…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Educational Legislation, State Legislation, State Aid
Phillips, Deidre Marshall – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Black students, in general, are underserved academically (Darling-Hammond, 2000; Townsend, 2002) and overrepresented in special education (Donovan & Cross, 2002). Black students with disabilities are further overrepresented in more restrictive educational environments (Skiba, Poloni-Staudinger, Gallini, Simmons & Feggins-Azziz, 2006).…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Placement, Learning Disabilities, Urban Schools
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Vorapanya, Sermsap; Dunlap, Diane – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
In 2008, Thailand passed legislation on the educational provisions for students with disabilities to mandate the implementation of inclusive education. This article provides a historical overview of special education in Thailand and the emergence of inclusive education as it moves from policy to practice. To further identify the challenges faced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Educational Practices, Performance Factors
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Jorgensen, Cheryl M.; McSheehan, Michael; Sonnenmeier, Rae M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: Judgements about students' competence influence the goals of their individualised education programs (IEPs), the location of service delivery, and their placement in general education (GE) as opposed to special education (SE) classes. The purpose of this study was to describe how presumed competence to learn the GE curriculum was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Developmental Disabilities, Faculty Development, Mental Retardation