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Preschool Inclusion: What We Know and Where We Go from Here.
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Odom, Samuel L. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2000
This article reviews outcomes of inclusion at the preschool level, social integration patterns, placement, definition, quality, instruction, teacher and family attitudes, community participation, policy factors, and cultural influences. The concluding discussion addresses ongoing issues related to definition, quality, intensity and instruction,…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Classroom-based Interventions: Evaluating the Past and Looking toward the Future.
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Hemmeter, Mary Louise – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2000
This article examines research on classroom-based interventions as they relate to promoting inclusion and addresses challenges facing the special education field, including the increasing diversity of the children served and of early childhood service delivery systems. The need to expand the research base on effective instructional approaches is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Diversity (Student)
The Context and Future of Judgment-Based Assessment.
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Hayes, Alan – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1990
Judgment based assessment (JBA) in early childhood special education is discussed in its theoretical context and noted are three trends: (1) the widening of JBA to include emotional characteristics and developmental processes; (2) inclusion of such informants as peers and persons with disabilities; and (3) development of new methods for eliciting…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention