The Effects of Preschool Integration on the Development of Nonhandicapped Children
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Division for Early Childhood
- Vol. 12 (1) , 31-46
- https://doi.org/10.1177/105381518701200105
Abstract
Nine research studies that reported child change data for nonhandicapped children participating in integrated preschool settings were analyzed in terms of methodology and specific program variables. The findings indicate that the methodological weaknesses in studies of the effectiveness of integration are the same that plague early intervention efficacy studies in general. Analysis of specific program variables indicates that studies of the outcomes of integration have typically viewed integration as a single treatment variable rather than as a process having many possible variations. The implications of the findings are discussed.Keywords
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