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50 Years of ERIC
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Vignettes from "Sesame Street": Preschooler's Ideas about Children with Down Syndrome and Physical Disability.
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Diamond, Karen E.; Kensinger, Katherine R. – Early Education and Development, 2002
Presented videotaped "Sesame Street" segments to explore preschoolers' ideas about disabilities. Found that most were aware that the videotaped children had difficulty performing age-appropriate tasks, but had fewer ideas about why the child with Down syndrome had difficulty than about the child using a wheelchair. Significantly more thought the…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Childhood Attitudes, Disabilities, Down Syndrome
Children's Perspectives on the Roles of Teachers and Therapists in Inclusive Early Childhood Programs.
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Diamond, Karen E.; Cooper, Dianna G. – Early Education and Development, 2000
Examined typically developing children's different ideas about the roles of the teachers, interventionists, and therapists in inclusive early childhood programs. Found that children not requiring therapists and interventionists did not know the names of specialists assisting their disabled peers. Children viewed teachers' roles as teaching…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Preschool Children's Concepts of Disability in Their Peers.
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Diamond, Karen E. – Early Education and Development, 1993
A total of 28 nonhandicapped four year olds in mainstream preschool classes explained the disabilities of 14 peers by referring to concepts of immaturity, accident, or adaptive equipment to account for the behavioral differences that they observed. (MDM)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Peer Evaluation
Preschool Children's Understanding of Disability: Experiences Leading to the Elaboration of the Concept of Hearing Loss.
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Diamond, Karen E.; Hestenes, Linda L. – Early Education and Development, 1994
Explores the impact of having a hearing-impaired peer on preschool children's understanding of hearing and deafness, comparing children with and without a hearing-impaired peer. All children referred to their own experiences to explain hearing loss. Children with a hearing-impaired classmate understood sign language and the consequences of hearing…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Hearing (Physiology), Hearing Impairments, Knowledge Level
Attitudes of Parents of Preschool Children toward Integration.
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Diamond, Karen E.; LeFurgy, William G. – Early Education and Development, 1994
Assessed parents' attitudes toward integration or mainstreaming of children with developmental disabilities. Subjects had preschool children with and without disabilities enrolled in integrated or self-contained classrooms. Found that, by the end of school year, parents whose children had participated in integrated programs held more positive…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities, Mainstreaming