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The Attitudes Of Regular Education Teachers Regarding Inclusion For Students With Autism, Kimberly Showalter-Barnes Jan 2008

The Attitudes Of Regular Education Teachers Regarding Inclusion For Students With Autism, Kimberly Showalter-Barnes

Frank Dilley Award for Outstanding Doctoral Study

This study addressed the problem of students with autism being placed in regular education classrooms and the lack of support of regular educators toward this practice. This research study was based upon the theoretical construct of attitude. Attitude is an important concept related to inclusion as teacher expectations and attitude affect student performance. This research study examined teacher attitude toward inclusion of students with autism based upon years of teaching experience, current teaching placement, gender, previous experience with inclusion, and amount of training regarding autism. The study sample consisted of 178 regular educators selected by cluster and random sampling within …