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This research compares the perceptions that parents of children with and without disabilities have of inclusion as it relates to the developmental gains for all children as measured by Creative Curriculum within the inclusive setting. The 4 areas of development that Creative Curriculum uses to measure achievement are social, language, physical, and cognitive developmental gains. Participants included 23 parents of children with and without disabilities who attend a preschool center in a suburb of a large metropolitan area in North Carolina. The preschool program includes children who are diagnosed with disabilities and receive services under the Public Preschool Program (Part B, Section 619) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) as well as children who are typically developing and receive services through the Head Start program of North Carolina which serves families with limited incomes. A survey was distributed to participants and data results were analyzed to determine parent perceptions of children's developmental gains within the 4 areas of development as measured by Creative Curriculum. The data from these surveys indicated overall positive parent perceptions of the inclusive classroom as it related to their child's developmental gains from both parents of children with disabilities and children without disabilities.
Over the last two decades, the implementation of inclusive schooling has increased significantly in European countries and worldwide. According to empirical evidence, one of the most important success factors in implementing inclusive schooling are the attitudes of the actors involved. Previous studies have shown that positive attitudes towards inclusive schooling are not only a condition for success regarding the implementation, but also an important outcome variable of inclusive education. The present study provides empirical insights into the attitudes towards students with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. A study called ATIS-STEP (Attitudes Towards Inclusive Schooling - Students', TEachers' and Parents' Attitudes) was conducted in the school year 2016/17 in 48 inclusive classrooms in Austria. It is the first study to provide longitudinal data that examines the attitudes of the three different stakeholder groups: students, teachers and parents. Furthermore, the interdependency of the attitudes of the three groups, as well as the influence of previous contact experience on the attitudes are analyzed and discussed. Dr. Susanne Schwab: Professorin für Methodik und Didaktik in den Förderschwerpunkten Lernen sowie emotionale und soziale Entwicklung, School of Education am Institut für Bildungsforschung an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal, Deutschland, und Extraordinary Professor in der Research Focus Area Optentia an der North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Vorsitzende der Sektion Empirische pädagogische Forschung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen (ÖFEB). Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Inklusionspädagogik, Lehrerprofessionalisierung, Soziale Partizipation.