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ERIC Number: EJ657339
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X
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Social Acceptance of Adolescent Mainstreamed Students with Visual Impairments.
Peavey, Katherine Owen; Leff, Debra
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v96 n11 p808-11 Nov 2002
Five adolescents with visual impairments participated in trust engendering activities in five separate peer focus groups. At the completion of the intervention, four of the students with visual impairments showed marked improvement in their social acceptance and had higher scores on the Social Skills Assessment Tool for Children with Visual Impairments. (Contains 4 references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship, Secondary Education, Social Development, Social Support Groups, Socialization, Visual Impairments
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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