Are Inclusive Programs for Students with Mild Disabilities Effective?
Manset, Genevieve; Semmel, Melvyn I.Journal of Special Education, v31 n2 p155-80 Sum 1997Language: EnglishDocument Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE (080); EVALUATIVE REPORT (142)Journal Announcement: CIJMAR98This paper compares eight inclusive models for elementary students with mild disabilities, described in terms of curricular innovations and organization of personnel and classrooms. Results suggest that inclusive programming can be effective for some, but not all, students with mild disabilities and that organizational and instructional changes associated with inclusive programming had a positive effect on nondisabled students’ achievement.Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Classroom Environment; Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; *Inclusive Schools; *Mild Disabilities; *Models; *Program Effectiveness; Theory Practice RelationshipEJ547354 EC616017Using Nondisabled Peers To Support the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities at the Junior High School Le
Manset, Genevieve; Semmel, Melvyn I. Journal of Special Education, v31 n2 p155-80 Sum 1997 Language: English Document Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE (080); EVALUATIVE REPORT (142) Journal Announcement: CIJMAR98 This paper compares eight inclusive models for elementary students with mild disabilities, described in terms of curricular innovations and organization of personnel and classrooms. Results suggest that inclusive programming can be effective for some, but not all, students with mild disabilities and that organizational and instructional changes associated with inclusive programming had a positive effect on nondisabled students’ achievement. Descriptors: Inclusive Schools; Mild Disabilities; Models; Program Effectiveness; Academic Achievement; Classroom Environment; Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; Theory Practice Relationship EJ556298 SP526457 The Effect of Inclusion on Non-Disabled Children: A Review of the Research. Peltier, Gary L. Contempora