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Peer reviewedSleeter, Christine E. – Exceptional Children, 1986
In the early 1960s, four special education categories (slow learners, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and culturally deprived) were used to explain the failure of lower class and minority children, while the less stigmatizing category of learning disabilities explained the failures of white middle class children. Later events changed the…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Peer reviewedWooden, Harley Z.; Lord, Francis E., Ed. – Exceptional Children, 1980
The first two chapters in a six-chapter series on the history of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) focus on an overview of the CEC concept and the founding of the Council. (PHR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, History, Organizational Change, Organizational Objectives
Peer reviewedLord, Francis E., Ed. – Exceptional Children, 1981
The period of 1934-1950 for the Council for Exceptional Children is traced, including growth of units, improvement of the yearly convention, publication of a new journal, and development of other publications on special education. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, History, Organizations (Groups), Professional Associations
Peer reviewedLord, Francis E., Ed.; Greer, Jeptha V. – Exceptional Children, 1981
The history of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is recounted in the last two of six articles. For previous chapters, see EC 132 343, EC 131 699, EC 130 981, and EC 130 393. (DB)
Descriptors: Administration, Disabilities, Gifted, History
