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Self-concept and inclusion

One might hypothesize that inclusion promotes better social outcomes for students with Learning Disabilities, especially in the area of self-concept. One might reasons that, if they are not segregated from their non-disabled peers, students with Learning Disabilities will not feel that they are different and inferior.

Or one might theorize that inclusion has negative effects on the self-concept of students with Learning Disabilities. One might think that living in the same classrooms as their non-disabled peers might make the problems they experience all the more salient—and painful—to students with Learning Disabilities.
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