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INCLUSION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

INCLUSION: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the literature on inclusion, a term that can be simply defined as the delivery of instruction to disabled/handicapped students in the regular school (Stainback, Stainback, East & Sapon-Shevin, 1994). The overview includes discussion of research and theory related to: the least restrictive environment (LRE) mandate, methods of determining the LRE for each child; strategies and techniques used by special education teachers, resource specialists and other relevant professionals for meeting the educational needs of "included" students (commonly referred to as mainstreamed students); the controversy involving simple versus full inclusion; California law as it relates to inclusion; and the effects of inclusion on special education students' self-concept and self-esteem.

The passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) in 1975 was the culmination of years of litigation regarding discrimination against handicapped children in this nation's schools. A key principle of this law was the mandate that handicapped children be educated in "the least restrictive environment." According to Turnbull and Turnbull (1990), the LRE, essentially, mandates the need for a continuum of services for disabled/handicapped children in public schools.

Even before the LRE became national policy, Deno (1970) envisioned this continuum of services as follows:

Level I - Children in regular classes, including those "handicapped" able to get along with regular class accommodations with or without medical or counseling supportive therapies.

Level II - Regular class attendance plus supplementary instructional services.

Level III - Part-time special classes

Level IV - Full-time special classes

Level VII - Instruction in hospital or home; or the delivery of "noneducational services including medical and welfare ca...

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