Children's Attitudes toward Peers with Disabilities: Supporting Positive Attitude Development

Autor/inn/en	Han, Jihee; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Diamond, Karen E.
Titel	Children's Attitudes toward Peers with Disabilities: Supporting Positive Attitude Development
Quelle	In: Young Exceptional Children, 10 (2006) 1, S.2-11 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1096-2506
Schlagwörter	Class Activities; Disabilities; Special Needs Students; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Childhood Attitudes; Interpersonal Competence; Child Development; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kindesentwicklung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	Inclusive programs and community settings are important contexts to help foster acceptance and understanding among all children. Research has shown that children enrolled in inclusive programs become more accepting of people who are different from them. Inclusion of children with disabilities in classroom activities requires the involvement of typically developing children in order for children with special needs to develop and expand their repertoire of peer-related social skills. Thus, children's development of attitudes toward peers with disabilities must be examined. Only then will it be possible to support the development of positive attitudes so that all children are accepted as members of the classroom community. This article discusses the importance of supporting young children's positive attitude development and describes six guidelines that have been shown to foster positive attitude development toward individuals with disabilities: (1) consider adults' attitudes; (2) foster friendships, not feelings of pity; (3) guide children to see similarities; (4) avoid judgments based on physical characteristics; (5) provide information to all families; and (6) provide children with developmentally appropriate facts. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Division for Early Childhood, Council for Exceptional Children. 27 Fort Missoula Road Suite 2, Missoula, MT 59804. Tel: 406-543-0872; Fax: 406-543-0887; e-mail: dec@dec-sped.org; Web site: http://www.dec-sped.org/publications.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10