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Nicolas Bressoud; Andrea Christiane Samson; Philippe Gay; Gabija Garbaliauskaite - Plagnol; Catherine Audrin; Elena Lucciarini; Rebecca Shankland – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2025
This study evaluates the Individual Strengths, Collective Power! program in fostering students' use of strengths vocabulary and improving classroom relationships in an inclusive education setting in Switzerland, where students with and without special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) attend school together. The study involved 179…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Inclusion
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Mikami, Amori Yee; Owens, Julie Sarno; Hudec, Kristen L.; Kassab, Hannah; Evans, Steven W. – School Mental Health, 2020
Establishing a positive peer climate in the elementary school classroom is an important goal for educators. This pilot study examined if children's liking and disliking of their classroom peers are predicted by teachers' use of practices designed to address child disruptive behaviors that are off-putting to peers, and practices designed to enhance…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Peer Acceptance
Mikami, Amori Yee; Owens, Julie Sarno; Hudec, Kristen L.; Kassab, Hannah; Evans, Steven W. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Establishing a positive peer climate in the elementary school classroom is an important goal for educators. This pilot study examined if children's liking and disliking of their classroom peers is predicted by teachers' use of practices designed to address child disruptive behaviors that are off-putting to peers, and practices designed to enhance…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Peer Acceptance
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Krull, Johanna; Wilbert, Jürgen; Hennemann, Thomas – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
Social participation of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) is a central topic in the current inclusion debate. Numerous studies have shown that the risk of social exclusion is considerably higher for children with SEN compared to their peers without SEN, especially for pupils with behaviour problems (BP) or learning difficulties (LD).…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Learning Problems, Classroom Environment, Special Needs Students
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Yu, SeonYeong; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Fowler, Susan A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2015
This study was conducted to examine the relationship between 32 typically developing preschoolers' attitudes and play behaviors toward their classmates with disabilities or developmental delays. Children's attitudes toward peers with disabilities were assessed using three methods: child interviews, sociometric peer ratings, and a social acceptance…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Peer Relationship, Play
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Lorger, Teja; Schmidt, Majda; Vukman, Karin Bakracevic – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2015
This paper aims to shed light on the level of social acceptance among students with learning disabilities (LD) in various secondary school vocational programs in comparison with their peers without disabilities. Our findings are based on an empirical study that comprised 417 students, of whom 85 were students with LD. Based on sociometric analyses…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Social Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Learning Disabilities
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Avramidis, Elias – Research Papers in Education, 2013
Drawing on a recent research project, this paper questions the literature's dominant representation of children with special educational needs (SEN) as holding negative perceptions of themselves and being socially isolated. The study examined dimensions of pupils' self-concept and their social position in their class network. Contrary to previous…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Elementary School Students, Special Needs Students, Student Participation
Mumthas, N. S. – Online Submission, 2010
Quality education aims at the full participation by all learners. This requires identifying the strategies for overcoming the barriers to full participation for individuals and groups, which experience discrimination and marginalisation. Social inclusion is strengthened when hitherto uncovered and excluded population is brought into the mainstream…
Descriptors: Sociometric Techniques, Social Structure, Group Dynamics, Preservice Teachers