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Putnam, JoAnne W.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1995
Thirty-seven leading educators participated in a Delphi technique survey regarding future directions in education of students with disabilities, focusing on inclusion and integration, labeling and classification, personnel preparation, instruction and services, and research. Respondents predicted that increasing inclusion will occur, and teachers…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Delphi Technique, Disabilities, Educational Methods

Richburg, Robert W.; And Others – Social Studies, 1994
Asserts that when teachers pose problems that yield solutions running counter to students' perceptions, it results in enhanced student interest and motivation and improves thinking skills. Provides examples and three suggested activities for implementing the approach. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Cultural Images, Educational Strategies

Anderson, Terry – Primary Voices K-6, 1998
Describes how a democratic classroom and flexible grouping benefit students who arrive "at risk." Illustrates how acting on these ideas has put an end to labeling in the author's first-grade classroom. Describes how many current classroom practices are pervasively autocratic rather than democratic. Discusses district and community support, and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperation

Travis, Jon E. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1995
During their elementary school years, many students develop a dislike for school. Their alienation is due partly to the school environment and discouraging educator behaviors. Children sense they are overly assessed and classified, arbitrarily promoted, confined to large groups, and bound to a routine work schedule that values competition and…
Descriptors: Alienation, Competition, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment
Boothe, Diane – Principal Leadership, 2000
School leaders are expected to transcend the confines of conventional instruction and implement effective measures to serve the growing population of language-minority students. Understanding students' backgrounds and needs for belonging, health care, and educational success is essential. Strategies for learning, avoiding stereotypes, and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Involvement, English (Second Language), Equal Education

Smith, Tom E. C.; Dowdy, Carol A. – Childhood Education, 1998
Discusses issues influencing the placement of young children with disabilities, including individual educational plans, labeling, philosophy-based decisions, the Regular Education Initiative, and full inclusion. Maintains that decisions regarding educational programs with disabilities must be based on individual educational needs, and notes that…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy
Lyon, G. Reid; Fletcher, Jack M. – Education Matters, 2001
Despite public skepticism regarding steadily increasing numbers of learning-disabled students, most experts agree that 5 percent of schoolchildren suffer severe difficulties with language and other skills. There are three explanations: remediation is ineffective after second grade; identification comes too late; and federal policies overlook…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Intervention, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lloyd, Gwynedd – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2003
In this paper, the author argues for a more humanistic approach to children and young people who face difficulties in their personal and social lives. Increasingly, young people in the developed world who are troubled or troublesome in school or in their neighbourhoods are categorised and labelled in terms of psychiatric disorder. The number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Social Influences, Social Control
Gee, Robert; Springer, Paul; Bitar, George; Drew, Faith; Graff, Chad – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2005
Individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder (COD) present unique challenges for counselors. When individuals are incarcerated, they suffer unique forms of losses, including the loss and grief of their family members. In addition, they often struggle with stigma and cultural stereotypes that are oppressive and…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Substance Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Freeman, Joan – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2006
This ongoing investigation was concerned with why some children were labeled gifted while others of identical measured ability were not. Each labeled "gifted" child was matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic status (SES) with two others in the same school class. The first matched child had an identical Raven's Matrices raw score, and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Investigations, Age Differences, Gender Differences
Bernburg, Jon Gunnar; Krohn, Marvin D.; Rivera, Craig J. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2006
This article examines the short-term impact of formal criminal labeling on involvement in deviant social networks and increased likelihood of subsequent delinquency. According to labeling theory, formal criminal intervention should affect the individual's immediate social networks. In many cases, the stigma of the criminal status may increase the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Delinquency, Criminals, Juvenile Justice
de la Cruz, Rey E. – 1996
This paper reviews the literature on assessment bias issues in special education. While assessment instruments yielding a single IQ score are seen as useful components in a comprehensive multifactored assessment, and are the primary tool of diagnosis for mental retardation, they are found to be irrelevant when applied to students with learning…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Court Litigation, Culture Fair Tests, Disabilities
Swartz, Stanley L. – 1993
This speech addresses the restructuring of special and regular education into one integrated system in a third generation of school reform. Six serious issues demonstrate the need for reform: (1) poor quality of disability identification and evaluation; (2) a classification system governed by fads rather than student needs; (3) minimal…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Schwartz, Louis – 1991
This paper attempts to refute current emphases on supposedly increased numbers of "students at risk." It is claimed that such terminology usually includes students who drop out, who become teenage mothers, or who are illiterate. Data are presented in tabular form demonstrating that all three of these "risk behaviors" are at their lowest in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Rallis, Sharon F. – 1990
A program, in Rhode Island, to reduce student referrals to special education programs is evaluated in this study together with its impact on classroom teacher policy. The Classroom Alternative Process (CAP) addresses strategies for regular education teachers to remediate students' problems prior to, or instead of, referral to special education.…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Labeling (of Persons)