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Article: The sociometric status of students with disabilities in a full-inclusion school.
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- Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- September 1, 1995
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Within the past decade and a half, considerable discussion has occurred regarding the most appropriate setting within which to provide education for students with disabilities. Most recently, two somewhat congruent efforts have emerged: the regular education initiative (Will, 1986) and the full-inclusion initiative (The Council for Exceptional Children, 1993). Although conceptual overlap exists between the two initiatives, the former has generally dealt with students with mild to moderate disabilities, whereas the latter has generally focused on students with severe disabilities. Both have emerged from the so-called mainstreaming movement that originated with the least ...