Educating All Students in the Mainstream of Regular Education

Book excerpt: ... [This book] builds from a historical overview of educational integration and explores the rationale behind the movement toward a merger of regular and special education. Noted authorities advance this argument in well-structured chapters organized around key themes, including: educational equality in practice, strategies to promote merger, educational practices to meet diverse student needs, and family and community support. Case histories and boxed statements highlighting pertinent points are among the effective instructional aides in this textbook. A thought-provoking question-and-answer format also confronts 22 of the most commonly addressed concerns about merging regular and special education ...