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H F Clarizio

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PubMed1993

Categorical and programming changes in special education services.

Special education students (N = 654) were studied to determine what proportion had a categorical or programming change and what factors (child, school, and home) were associated with change. The study included all students with disabilities from preschool through secondary school in a tricounty rural district. Data were gathered through a record review and parent survey. Change was found to be more common than is generally perceived: 38.2% of the students had a classification change (21.9% by termination and 16.3% by reclassification). Rates of change varied significantly among classifications and the student's initial classification, grade level, and comorbidity were significantly predictive of change in classification.

Achievement↗
PubMed1989

Continuity in childhood depression.

It is only in recent years that childhood depression has received widespread attention from mental health specialists. Its status as a clinical syndrome of childhood remains unclear. Many controversies surround various facets of this condition, foremost among these are questions relating to the duration of depressive disorders, the likelihood of recurrence, and the long-term outcome of depressed children. In the course of addressing these issues, attention is devoted to the outcomes as well as the advantages and disadvantages of commonly used research designs (prospective, retrospective, and catch-up prospective), the level of diagnosis used (symptom, syndrome, disorder), the significance of the age of onset on severity, and specific areas in need of further research. Among the tentative conclusions, it is asserted that many depressive symptoms are transient, diminishing or disappearing with age and/or changing environmental circumstances, but that severe depressive disorders do persist, with periods of remission, at least into the early adult years.

Adolescent↗
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Referral-to-placement ratio: a finding in need of reassessment?

Previous research has reported that the number of evaluated children placed in special education is as high as three out of four. The purpose of the present study is to reassess, extend, and update referral-to-placement research. Subjects consisted of 236 predominantly white children referred for special education evaluation from 12 suburban and rural school districts. Of the 236 pupils referred, 128 were diagnosed as learning disabled (LD) by a multidisciplinary team (MDT). The 128 students identified as eligible for services for students with LD had a mean IQ of 96.43 and a mean age of 10.2. The majority of the subjects were male (70%). The results suggest that the number of students referred who are actually placed is lower (approximately one out of two) than previously reported. It is concluded that further research is needed to verify the current referral-to-placement ratio and to explore the factors influencing this ratio.

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