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Download full textMissouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2009
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Division of Special Education (DSE), per Section 162.1136 RSMo, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in this report…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Peer reviewedMacy, Daniel J.; Carter, Jamie L. – Journal of Special Education, 1978
The study sampled 145 elementary school handicapped children in order to compare a mainstreamed and self-contained special education program in a large urban school district. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedScholom, Allan; And Others – Education, 1981
Discusses results of a three-year investigation of personal, social and academic adjustment by learning disabled students. Concludes that younger children in self contained classrooms achieve more academic and personal success than older ones and those in mainstreamed classes. Identifies five critical factors affecting educational outcomes with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Change, Class Organization
Luftig, Richard L. – 1980
The paper analyzes research on the self concept of differentially placed educable mentally retarded (EMR) students and hypothesizes covarying factors which may suggest to educators variables to be taken into account in placement decisions. Considered are such factors as IQ, reading achievement, and being the only retarded child mainstreamed into a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Literature Reviews, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedFlynn, Nona M.; Rapoport, Judith L. – Journal of Special Education, 1976
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
Peer reviewedDiamond, Karen E.; LeFurgy, William G. – Early Education and Development, 1994
Assessed parents' attitudes toward integration or mainstreaming of children with developmental disabilities. Subjects had preschool children with and without disabilities enrolled in integrated or self-contained classrooms. Found that, by the end of school year, parents whose children had participated in integrated programs held more positive…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Direct linkDonne, Vicki J.; Zigmond, Naomi – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2008
An observational study of reading instruction, using the MS-CISSAR protocol, was conducted in general education classrooms, resource classrooms, and self-contained special education/deaf education classrooms in Grades 1 through 4 in public schools within the tri-state area of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Participants were 24 students who…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Grade 1
Smith, Monte D. – 1980
A series of studies with learning disabled (LD) elementary grade students in eight schools investigated the relationship between class placement (regular class, part time regular class, or special class) and self concept. Ss were administered the Piers Harris Children's Self Concept Scale before and after placement changes. Results included the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Gifted, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedSteinberg, Zina; Knitzer, Jane – Preventing School Failure, 1990
This study examined classroom life of children with behavioral/emotional disorders in self-contained classrooms. Site visits were made to 26 programs, and 200 parents responded to questionnaires. Despite visible mainstreaming efforts, results indicated gaps in quality of classroom life, amount of attention on students' mental health needs, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Reese-Dukes, Judson L. – Tennessee Education, 1981
Evidence clearly suggests that social competence and social adjustment are areas in which educable mentally retarded students may profit most from self-contained class placement, while the relative effects of self-contained versus mainstreamed environments on achievement remains equivocal. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBroadhead, Geoffrey D. – Physical Educator, 1982
A model for teaching physical education classes to handicapped children emphasizes individualized instruction in self-contained classrooms. In the two-stage developmental paradigm, one stage focuses on program organization with each class having its own physical education instruction. The second stage allows for the varying physical and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Education
Bower, Ann M.; Kosuda-Elacqua, Valerie – 1991
Two models for the mentoring of beginning special education teachers are presented. The first, the self-contained urban model, is a special education model designed by mentor teachers for beginning and experienced teachers of self-contained classrooms at both the secondary and elementary levels. Mentors work with interns for one full day each week…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedByrnes, Linda J.; Sigafoos, Jeff – American Annals of the Deaf, 2001
A survey of 140 deaf and hard of hearing students attending integrated or self-contained high school classes in New South Wales, Australia, found that, although students were aware of the advantages and disadvantages of various placements, 80 percent were generally satisfied with their current placement. Results support provision of a range of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2008
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Division of Special Education (DSE), per Missouri Revised Statute 162.1136, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Literacy, Special Education
Barresi, Josephine; And Others – 1980
The paper examines state policies relevant to current alternative educational environments in each state's continuum of services for handicapped children. The analysis resulted from a review of information about program models in state special education regulations and state annual program plans. State descriptions of available program models fit…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Policy
