Attitudes Toward Handicapped Students

Attitudes Toward Handicapped Students
Author: Marcia D. Horne
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1985
Genre: Attitude (Psychology)
ISBN: 0898595843

First Published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Attitudes Toward Handicapped Students

Attitudes Toward Handicapped Students
Author: Marcia D. Horne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135832072

Many handicapped children are now being treated and educated in the mainstream of society. Therefore it is important for professionals to be knowledgeable about the attitudes of societal members toward these students. This text is a thorough and invaluable sourcebook on how attitudes are formed, measured, and changed. An extensive discussion about professional, peer, parental and sibling attitudes toward a class or family member, and reviewing methodologies for change are provided.

Changing Social Attitudes Toward Disability

Changing Social Attitudes Toward Disability
Author: David Bolt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2014-07-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317908929

Whilst legislation may have progressed internationally and nationally for disabled people, barriers continue to exist, of which one of the most pervasive and ingrained is attitudinal. Social attitudes are often rooted in a lack of knowledge and are perpetuated through erroneous stereotypes, and ultimately these legal and policy changes are ineffectual without a corresponding attitudinal change. This unique book provides a much needed, multifaceted exploration of changing social attitudes toward disability. Adopting a tripartite approach to examining disability, the book looks at historical, cultural, and education studies, broadly conceived, in order to provide a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to the documentation and endorsement of changing social attitudes toward disability. Written by a selection of established and emerging scholars in the field, the book aims to break down some of the unhelpful boundaries between disciplines so that disability is recognised as an issue for all of us across all aspects of society, and to encourage readers to recognise disability in all its forms and within all its contexts. This truly multidimensional approach to changing social attitudes will be important reading for students and researchers of disability from education, cultural and disability studies, and all those interested in the questions and issues surrounding attitudes toward disability.