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ERIC Number: EJ372127
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Reference Count: 0
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Students with Special Health Care Needs.
Sirvis, Barbara
Teaching Exceptional Children, v20 n4 p40-44 Sum 1988
An overview is provided of the nature of students who have unique educational needs confounded by their extreme medical needs. The article defines "medically fragile" discusses medically fragile students' educational options in the form of placement in the hospital, home, special class, or regular class; and describes the teacher's role. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Instruction, Mainstreaming, Medical Services, Special Classes, Special Health Problems, Student Placement, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Medically Fragile