This article argues that addressing the full spectrum of special needs of British students with emotional and behavioral disabilities requires mainstream school policies, behavioral support teams, satellite units, special schools, and residential special schools. A successful student placement into a special school is recounted. (Author/CR)

A teacher compares his former position as an assistant professor preparing teachers of students with hearing impairments with his present position as an administrator of a public school program serving these students. The emphasis of teacher education programs on self-contained or residential school settings instead of inclusive schools is…

This report updates an earlier study on educational placements of children with mental retardation, comparing data from the 1989-90 school year with the 1990-91 school year. The data indicate that regular class placements increased from 6.7 percent to 7.4 percent from 1989-90 to 1990-91. Resource room placements increased from 20.1 to 23 percent,…

This policy brief reports on a study exploring state by state variation in placement rates for students with disabilities in either regular or special education settings and the relationship of economic, sociodemographic, and educational factors to these rates. The study analyzed data for the school year 1992-93 and compared the percent of…