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INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES: IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATORSÂÂ' BELIEFS ON PLACEMENT DECISIONS
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TitleINCLUSIONARY PRACTICES: IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATORSÂÂ' BELIEFS ON PLACEMENT DECISIONS
AuthorVazquez, Maria
Keywordsprincipals' attitudes and inclusion
special education
inclusion
AbstractSchool leaders are charged with responding to the challenges presented by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the education of students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment. The idea of least restrictive environment moves schools from educating students with disabilities in special education to regular education classrooms, from special education schools to neighborhood schools. Providing inclusive settings poses many obstacles and challenges to school based administrators and in their capacity school leaders can either alleviate or generate barriers for the process; they can inhibit or inspire school personnel to accept the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Furthermore, their attitudes are critical in the design and implementation of programs and practices in their schools. Principals attitudes can either promote or discourage the inclusion practices in their schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors related to school based administrators attitudes toward inclusive education and the relationship of these attitudes on the placement of students with disabilities. The Principals and Inclusion Survey (PIS) developed by Praisner (2000) was used to collect data from 175 school based principals in a large urban district in the southeastern part of the United States. The results of the study indicate a relationship does exist between principal s attitude toward inclusion and decisions pertaining to student placement. The study also found that those principals with positive experiences with students with disabilities also demonstrated beliefs of serving students with disabilities in less restrictive settings than those principals with negative experiences with students with disabilities.
AdviserMartin, Suzanne
PublisherUniversity of Central Florida
DegreeEd.D.
Degree DisciplineDepartment of Child, Family and Community Sciences
Degree GrantorEducation
Degree ProgramEducation EdD
Graduation Date2010-01-01
TypeDoctoral dissertation
Access LevelPublic - Allow Worldwide Access
Release Date2010-05-07
RepositoryUniversity Archives
Repository CollectionElectronic Theses and Dissertations
IdentifierCFE0003139
Access Linkhttp://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003139

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