Identifying and Correcting Barriers to Successful Inclusive Practices: A Literature Review

Marquis C. Grant, M.Ed., Ed.D.

 

Kimberly Michelle Jones-Goods, MPS, Ph.D.

North Carolina A&T State University

Abstract

The inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom is one of the most debated subjects in the field of education today. A review of the literature revealed that while inclusion has been shown to benefit children who receive special education services alongside their non-disabled peers, there are a number of barriers that prevent the practice and procedure of inclusion from being successfully implemented.  Lack of teacher training, ineffective instruction, and overall teacher attitudes have been identified as the most prominent barriers to the inclusion process and suggestions for future study indicate that more information to determine the extent to which disabled children are academically, socially and emotionally impacted by those barriers.

Read or Download Instructions

To Read or Download this Article - Click Here (login required)

To Download the Entire WINTER 2016 Issue of JAASEP - Click Here  (login required)

AASEP MEMBERS LOGIN to Access live links to all available JAASEP issues.

Not a Member?

If you are a member of AASEP, please login to freely access this and all archived issues of JAASEP

If you are NOT A MEMBER of AASEP or NASET you may purchase this article from  the WINTER 2016 issue of JAASEP for $4.95 (use the Buy Now button below):

OR - Buy the entire issue of JAASEP WINTER 2016 for $19.95 by using the Buy Now button below:

OR - Join AASEP Today and receive access to this and all past issues of JAASEP -

Join AASEP Here


Return to the Table of Contents - Click Here

To top