This study addressed the experiences of primary school teachers in Türkiye regarding inclusion/integration and Individualized Education Programs (IEP). The study also addressed how mainstreaming/integration and IEPs might impact students without special needs and their parents. This qualitative study adopted a phenomenological research design. The…

The notion of inclusion has gained momentum worldwide, with most countries around the world embracing inclusive policies in their educational systems. However, there is still an ongoing debate as to what is inclusion and hence, the consequent challenge of coming up with an agreed definition, which could then be used to plan for and subsequently,…

Various studies conducted into mainstreaming implementations in preschool and primary school but implementations in light of data are rare in the secondary schools. To provide valuable insights to this gap in the literature, the present study was conducted to identify the requirements in resource room implementations in a secondary school and…

In this article I reflect on a recent development currently shaping programme evaluation as field, which makes the case for evaluators facilitating evaluation training evaluees to self-evaluate and improve the programmes they teach. Fetterman argues persuasively that the practice was incipient in the field and required formalization and acceptance…

This paper focuses on the impact of peer mediation as a strategy for promoting social inclusion in primary school settings. Peer mediation constituted one of the interventions in the UK Government-sponsored On Track programme and evaluative data from this project are reported. The paper reports on trends in bullying and anti-social behaviour in…

The article discusses the rationale for mainstreaming handicapped children into preschool programs and describes some of the mainstreaming strategies used in the University of Oregon's Center on Human Development Preschool Program for mainstreaming handicapped children. (DLS)

The document presents the interim report for Phase II of a study to determine how services provided by Project Head Start programs impact handicapped preschool children. The report summarizes the baseline data obtained and identifies the key methodological issues for consideration in the final data analysis effort. The instrumentation and…

The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) has called for a national commitment to educating the handicapped. An earlier article (EJ 163 681) described this law and many of its ramifications. Teachers were also asked to share their experiences with mainstreaming. Here are some of their responses. (Editor/RK)

This study investigated the effect of a program designed to prepare teachers for integration of handicapped students into the regular class. (Editor)

Using pre- and post-testing procedures, the Teacher Placement Opinion Form was administered to 106 preservice teachers in training at the University of Saskatchewan to determine the degree of attitude change after completion of an undergraduate course on the orientation to teaching exceptional children in the regular classroom. (JC)

During the 1992-93 school year, Billings School District #2 implemented full inclusion of students with disabilities at Garfield Elementary. A Regular Education Initiative Committee of district administrators, teachers, board members, parents, community representatives, and Eastern Montana College faculty met on a regular basis to study the…

Training of interdisciplinary teams to serve the mainstreamed special student was the focus of the California Child Service Demonstration Center System (CSDC). (SBH)

The report presents findings of the second and third year of a study of the Less Restrictive Placement Personnel Training (LRP) program, designed to develop materials and training to increase the number of students mainstreamed into general education. In the final 2 years of the 3-year program, LRP expanded to include all special education regions…

The twelve items in this annotated bibliography are entries in the ERIC system intended to be helpful to those implementing mainstreaming programs. The publications cited discuss promising practices concerning mainstreaming, strategies to use when a mainstreamed child presents a problem, punishment for mainstreamed children, evaluation of…

Examined effects of multicomponent, participatory school reform process by measuring teachers' perceptions, remedial and special education student achievement, teachers' ratings of student behavior in 12 experimental schools and 10 control schools. Found reform program resulted in positive teacher attitudes toward change process, in new approaches…