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Bartlett, Nadine A.; Freeze, Trevi B. – Exceptionality Education International, 2019
In the province of Manitoba, Canada, there is a gap between the rhetoric of inclusive education and its practical implementation. In the absence of inclusive educational policies and guidelines, deficit-based approaches such as categorical labels for students who are deemed to have a severe emotional and behavioural disorder, segregated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Minority Group Students, Special Education
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Philpott, David E.; Furey, Edith; Penney, Sharon C. – Exceptionality Education International, 2010
This paper explores the need for innovative leadership in teacher education in the Canadian context, with a particular call for renewed professional development of current teachers. Within a country defined as multicultural, recent demographic shifts, interregional migration, growing ethnic diversity, and the emergence of a paradigm of inclusion,…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teacher Improvement, Global Approach, Disabilities
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Myles, Brenda Smith; Ormsbee, Christine K.; Simpson, Richard L. – Exceptionality, 1997
Reflects on a study involving 92 general educators and 114 special educators that examined perceptions of actual and preferred preassessment-related team activities and team members. Discusses commonalities between preassessment and educational reform, provides an overview of the importance of preassessment, and outlines a model for preassessment.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning
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deBettencourt, Laurie U.; Howard, Lori – Exceptionality, 2004
Although many areas in education are experiencing teacher shortages, shortages of teachers who are qualified in the area of special education are of critical concern. This article describes a federally funded training program to alternatively license special education teachers. Fifty-nine career changers participated. They taught special education…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Special Education, Career Change, Special Education Teachers
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Winzer, M. A. – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2005
As schools move toward including greater numbers of students with special needs in general classroom settings, and as teachers increasingly seek to provide effective accommodations and adaptations, the roles of paraeducators as support personnel will assume greater importance. Nevertheless, while paraeducators are critical to the success of…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Paraprofessional School Personnel
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Jordan, Anne; Stanovich, Paula – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2004
While considerable research has been directed at examining the effectiveness of placement for exceptional students, few studies have examined the instructional characteristics which contribute to the success or failure of these students included in regular classrooms (Swanson & Hoskyn, 1999; Swanson, Hoskyn & Lee, 1999). Over the last decade we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Teacher Characteristics