The Social Integration of Students with Mild Disabilities in General Education Classrooms: Peer Group Membership and Peer-Assessed Social Behavior.

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Antisocial Behavior; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Interpersonal Competence; Mainstreaming; Mild Disabilities; Peer Evaluation; Peer Groups; Peer Relationship; Prosocial Behavior

0013-5984

Examined classroom social integration of elementary students with mild disabilities. Used questionnaires to assess peer group membership, peer-assessed behavioral characteristics, and associates' peer-assessed behavioral characteristics. Found that most belonged to peer groups. However, they were overrepresented as social isolates; differed from other students on peer-assessed behavioral characteristics; and were underrepresented in prosocial peer groups and overrepresented in antisocial groups. (EV)

1999

EJ574188