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The Use Of Offensive Language By Middle School Students In The Special Education Classroom: Student And Staff Perspectives, Matthew Francis Hillis Byrnes
The Use Of Offensive Language By Middle School Students In The Special Education Classroom: Student And Staff Perspectives, Matthew Francis Hillis Byrnes
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Students'use of offensive language often leads to behavioral problems, such as fights, that impede learning in the classroom environment. Through comparing and contrasting the perspectives of students and staff in a program for middle school students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders, this research seeks to understand why students use offensive language. Both students and staffwere interviewed. The students were sixth and eighth graders who spend 60-100% of their time in school in a special education classroom. The staff who were interviewed include special education teachers, an educational assistant, a teacher in the mainstream program, and a school psychologist. All of …