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ERIC Number: EJ366069
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Integration of Students with Severe Handicaps into Regular Public Schools: An Analysis of Parents Perceptions of Potential Outcomes.
McDonnell, John
Education and Training in Mental Retardation, v22 n2 p98-111 Jun 1987
A survey was conducted of 253 parents of severely-handicapped children attending either special schools or integrated programs in regular public schools. Parents of children attending special schools predicted that mainstreaming would be a negative experience, while parents of already integrated children indicated overwhelmingly positive attitudes toward mainstreaming. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Multiple Disabilities, Outcomes of Education, Parent Attitudes, Public Schools, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Special Schools, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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