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ERIC Number: EJ623190
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Watch Your Language: Closing or Opening the Special Education Curtain.
Smith, Robin M.; Salend, Spencer J.; Ryan, Sarah
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v33 n4 p18-23 Mar-Apr 2001
This article provides guidelines and examples of effective use of inclusive language to empower students. Recommendations include focusing on the individual rather than the disability, articulating high expectations for all students, describing students in terms of academic achievements, and providing opportunities for all students to assume leadership positions. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Inclusive Schools, Student Empowerment, Student Leadership, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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