Classroom placement was absolutely stable across kindergarten through third grade, with no children moving into or out of inclusive settings¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? No children were placed in a more restrictive setting once originally in an inclusive kindergarten, and none moved from autism-labeled settings to inclusive environments. → Strain 2017

Evidence¶

Strain 2017¶

Phillip S. Strain. (2017). Four-Year Follow-Up of Children in the LEAP Randomized Trial: Some Planned and Accidental Findings. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 37(2), 121–126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121417711531

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Observational placement tracking across kindergarten through third grade in the LEAP follow-up study found no examples of children "being placed in a more restrictive setting once they were originally in an inclusive kindergarten program"; the article likewise reports no movement from autism-labeled settings into inclusive environments. No effect size is printed.

"nor did we see any examples of children being placed in a more restrictive setting once they were origi- nally in an inclusive kindergarten program."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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