Children with Physical Disabilities in Ordinary Schools: How do they Progress?
Keywords:
Physical Disabilities, Mainstream, Assessment, Attainment, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Judgement, Lower Abilities, Teacher Attitudes, Opinions, BeliefsAbstract
The central theme of this study has been the assessment of the educational attainment and the social and emotional adjustment of children and students with physical disabilities who are attending ordinary schools in Dublin. The results obtained demonstrate interesting trends - such as the tendency of teachers to judge children with physical disabilities as having lower abilities than other non-disabled classmates; these opinions were not supported by objective tests used in the study.
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