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"How Can a Student with Severe Disabilities Be in a Fifth-Grade Class When He Can't Do Fifth-Grade Level Work?" Misapplying the Least Restrictive Environment
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Giangreco, Michael F. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
This article briefly responds to the following question: Why aren't more students with severe disabilities being placed in general education classrooms? I offer five reasons why more students with severe disabilities are not included, because: (a) ableism persists, (b) schools continue to misapply the least restrictive environment provisions of…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Severe Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Grade 5
Implementing Comprehensive Early Literacy Instruction in General Education Classrooms: A Response to Toews and Kurth's Call to Action
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Hunt, Pam – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2019
Toews and Kurth [see EJ1226669] provide convincing arguments to support their call to action. Their appeal is for research addressing "comprehensive literacy instruction for students" with extensive support needs that is implemented in general education classrooms. To date, there are no studies addressing this need. We do have an…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Research, Research Methodology