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Full inclusion of children with learning disabilities in the regular classroom: is it the only answer?
- Author:
- WRIGHT Elizabeth Beacher
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Education, 21(1), January 1999, pp.11-22.
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
In America's public school classrooms, there are divergent interpretations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (P.L. 101-476) which was reauthorised effective June 1997. This act contains a mandate designed to meet the educational needs of children with disabilities in participating states, which will impact on parents, guardians, children and school social workers. Discusses the intent of IDEA, its legal interpretations and implications for school social workers.