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Article: Parent perceptions of inclusive practices for their children with significant cognitive disabilities.
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- Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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Inclusive education programs for students with identified disabilities have become increasingly prevalent over the last several years (Katsiyannis, Conderman, & Franks, 1995; Sawyer, McLaughlin, & Winglee, 1994). This trend may be due in part to a general perception created by the extant literature, and by exposure of the subject in the mass media, that such programs are endorsed by most of those concerned with the education of exceptional children. However, concerns over the practical implications of a wide scale move toward inclusive models of educational service delivery have resulted in much divisiveness among parents and educators over the merits of some inclusion ...