A Framework for Considering Some Issues in Special Education

Abstract

ROWING attention is being given to creating conceptual framework for consideration of special education problems. Outlined below is one way of thinking about the broad range of services provided under special education. The framework is presented schematically, along with a brief discussion of its features, and then utilized to discuss some current issues. Consideration is given only to handicapped children, since programs for the gifted seem not to fit the structure is developed here.