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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin – Journal of Special Education, 2010
The purpose of the current study was to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of state-level policies and practices concerning youth with disabilities in secondary day treatment and residential (DTR) schools, as well as juvenile correctional (JC) schools for committed youth. A survey of state directors of special education or their designees…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Accountability, Educational Practices, State Standards
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Van Loan, Christopher L.; Barber, Brian R. – Preventing School Failure, 2011
This study focused on approaches to curriculum, as well as school, principal, and student characteristics in secondary day treatment and residential psychiatric schools. A national random sample of 148 principals responded to a survey. No statistically significant differences existed between respondent and nonrespondent schools with regard to…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Disabilities, Instructional Materials, Student Characteristics