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Article: Perspectives of students with intellectual disabilities about their experiences with paraprofessional support.(Exceptional Children)
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- June 22, 2005
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More students with a wider range of disabilities, including those with low-incidence disabilities (e.g., intellectual disabilities, autism, multiple disabilities), are receiving part or all of their instruction in the same classrooms as their peers without disabilities (McGregor & Vogelsberg, 1998). The use of paraprofessionals in public schools has become one of the primary mechanisms by which students with disabilities are being supported in general education classes (Giangreco, Edelman, Broer, & Doyle, 2001). Therefore, it is not surprising that there has been a substantial increase in the number of paraprofessionals hired to support students with disabilities (French, ...