Are We Moving Toward Educating Students With Disabilities in Less Restrictive Settings?

By J. McLeskey, Eric Landers, P. Williamson, David Hoppey. 2012

252 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Safety Research

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In Education

1. Matthew E. Brock
2. J. McLeskey
3. Nancy L. Waldron
4. E. Carter
5. Lacy Redd
6. J. Kurth
7. Allison F. Gilmour
8. J. Wehby

In Safety Research

1. Matthew E. Brock
2. Lacy Redd
3. J. McLeskey
4. Nancy L. Waldron
5. Mary E. Morningstar
6. J. Kurth
7. E. Carter
8. J. Wehby

Citations in the corpus

• The association between teaching students with disabilities and teacher turnover. (2020, background): “…is important as growing numbers of SWDs are included in general education classrooms and taught by general education teachers (Dewey et al., 2017; McLeskey et al., 2012) and in light of recent evidence highlighting unintended consequences of including SWDs in general education classrooms (Cooc,…”
• The Persistence of Highly Restrictive Special Education Placements for Students With Low-Incidence Disabilities (2014, background): “Such positive trends in placement over an almost 20-year period of time (from 1990 to 2007) for students with high-incidence disabilities are encouraging and follow a line of research targeting this population of students (McLeskey, Henry, & Axelrod, 1999; McLeskey et al., 2012).”
• A Case Study of a Highly Effective, Inclusive Elementary School (2014, background): “, 80% or more) in the general education classroom has increased from 34% in 19901991 to 58% in 2007-2008 (McLeskey et al., 2011).”
• Presence, Proximity, and Peer Interactions of Adolescents With Severe Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (2016, background): “Although state-level trends in educational environment suggest general education participation is becoming more widespread (McLeskey et al., 2012), it is possible students with severe disabilities still have limited chances to collaborate and converse with their classmates even when enrolled in the…”
• Inclusion and Special Education (2020, methodology): “Data show that there was a significant increase in the number of students with disabilities placed in the general education classroom compared to other placements across the years since 1990 [44].”
• Behavior and classroom management: Are teacher preparation programs really preparing our teachers? (2017, background): “More than any other time in history, students with disabilities, including behavioral disabilities, receive instruction in general education classrooms for some portion of the school day (Brigham et al., in press; McLeskey et al., 2012; Smith et al., 2010).”
• Examining National Trends in Educational Placements for Students With Significant Disabilities (2017, methodology): “Notwithstanding concerns of LRE reporting practices, these data have long been viewed as the most valid national placement data available (Danielson & Bellamy, 1989; McLeskey et al., 2012) and continue to be used to examine the extent to which states are in compliance with LRE mandates.”