ERIC Number: EJ1259297
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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From Barriers to Belonging: Promoting Inclusion and Relationships through the Peer to Peer Program
Ziegler, Maureen; Matthews, Amy; Mayberry, Margie; Owen-DeSchryver, Jamie; Carter, Erik W.
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v52 n6 p426-434 Jul-Aug 2020
Peer relationships are just as important for students with autism, intellectual disability, and other developmental disabilities. Through their interactions with peers across the school day, students develop new skills, encounter new perspectives, access needed supports, find camaraderie, develop social capital, learn prevailing norms, and elevate their future aspirations (Biggs & Carter, 2017). Yet friendships can be limited for these students. For example, only 29% of high school students with autism and 42% of students with intellectual disability reported that they got together with friends at least once per week during the past year (Lipscomb et al., 2017). Instead, so much of their school day is spent among paraprofessionals, special educators, and other adults. This article describes a time-tested and replicable schoolwide approach for creating meaningful social opportunities and fostering a school climate that is supportive of inclusion.
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Students with Disabilities, Interaction, Friendship, Social Development, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Needs, Program Development, Teamwork, Program Implementation, Social Life, Student Role, Training, Staff Role, Conferences (Gatherings), Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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