Education of Exceptional Children
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Authors
Weinstein, Jack B.
Issue Date
1979
Volume
12
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|The proper educational treatment for exceptional children raises issues that I find difficult, both in theoretical and practical terms. Problems in this field are increasingly before the courts.|At one end of the spectrum are the extremely bright; at the other are those who suffer from a series of disadvantages, ranging from emotional and mental to physical problems. Some twelve percent of children are estimated to fall into these two broad categories Classification of these children for educational purposes is difficult, for so much of their behavior may depend upon individual adaptations to meet conditions not generally faced by the majority of children. Moreover, important legal and social consequences flow from any attempt at categorization, because society treats its "pigeonholed" children differently, and the child tends to adjust to the label and status he is given...
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12 Creighton L. Rev. 987 (1978-1979)
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Creighton University School of Law