Educating Young Children with Disabilities Using Responsible Inclusion

Making an Appropriate Special Education Placement: Conflict Abounds!

“…If a child cannot receive FAPE in an "inclusive" placement, other placement options must be explored. For more information, see Smith and Dowdy (1998), Yell (1998), Zirkel (1998b), and Zirkel and Gluckman (1996).…”

Topic Inclusive Edication In Indian Context: An Appraisal

“…Currently, the term "inclusion" and "responsible inclusion" are used to identify the movement to provide services to students with disabilities in general education setting (Smith & Dowdy, 1998). It is acknowledged that within the context of inclusion some services to students with disabilities may be necessary outside the general class room but all students with disabilities belong with their nondisabled peers.…”

A Study of the Relationship Between Educational Placment and the Achievement of Urban Low Socioeconomic Hispanic Middle School Students With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities

“…Classrooms where students were segregated from their non-disabled peers for most or all of the school day (Smith, Polloway, Patton, & Dowdy, 1998). For purposes of this study, a resource room was a classroom taught exclusively by a special education teacher.…”

“…These students receive services and support from their school's special education program designed to enable them to be educated to their full potential (Smith et al, 1998).…”