Mainstreaming on a Procrustean Bed

Reviews the book, Mainstreaming of Children in Schools: Research and Programmatic Issues by Phillip S. Strain and Mary Margaret Kerr (1981). Strain and Kerr preface their text by impressing the reader with their strong bias for an empirical orientation to the topic of mainstreaming. Mainstreaming of...

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Published inContemporary psychology Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 730 - 731
Main Author Semmel, Melvyn I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1982
Subjects
Childhood Development
Disabilities
Human
Mainstreaming
Schools
Special Education
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Summary:Reviews the book, Mainstreaming of Children in Schools: Research and Programmatic Issues by Phillip S. Strain and Mary Margaret Kerr (1981). Strain and Kerr preface their text by impressing the reader with their strong bias for an empirical orientation to the topic of mainstreaming. Mainstreaming of Children in Schools contains some valuable material for professional workers interested in selected aspects of the issue of mainstreaming handicapped children. However, this reviewer is unconvinced that the text significamtly advances our understanding of the empirical basis for mainstreaming. Mainstreaming of children with handicaps other than mental retardation, and the failure to thoroughly evaluate major programmatic models related to mainstreaming (i.e., resource rooms) constitute the major limitations oi this volume. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0010-7549
DOI:10.1037/021481