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Publication Date: 1986
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The Influence of Referral Information on the Diagnostic Classification of Exceptional Children.
Ritchie, Martin H.
Exceptional Child, v33 n3 p181-86 Nov 1986
Australian guidance counselors (N=79) who received referral information in which sex, age, reason for referral, attainment, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) were systematically varied revealed inconsistencies when evaluating the likelihood that the child was emotionally disturbed, learning-disabled, mildly intellectually handicapped, or perceptually-motor impaired. Reported attainment and IQ significantly influenced identification. (Author/CB
Descriptors: Age Differences, Counselor Attitudes, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification, Intelligence Quotient, Learning Disabilities, Mild Mental Retardation, Perceptual Handicaps, Primary Education, Referral, School Counselors, Sex Differences, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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