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Predictors of School Placement: A Study of Preschool Children with Special Needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Garry Maclean  and
Janet Fletcher
Garry Maclean
Affiliation:
Ministry of Education, Western Australia
Janet Fletcher
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia
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Abstract

This study examined predictors of school placement for children with special needs. Data was gathered and summarized on the 205 preschool children who attended a special unit at the Child Study Centre of Western Australia over an 8 year time span. It also investigated the relationship between child, home, and unit-related variables and placement on leaving the unit. A factorial analysis produced six principal factors which related to the nature of placement decisions. These factors can be interpreted in terms of severity of disability, quality of relationships, age at entering and leaving the unit, family type and family health.

Type
Research Article
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , May 1989 , pp. 14 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1989

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