Bilingual special education and this special issue.

From: Exceptional Children | Date: October 1, 1989| Author: Correa, Vivian I.; Figueroa, Richard A.; Fradd, Sandra H. | Copyright information

Bilingual Special Education and This Special Issue

ABSTRACT: Bilingual special education is a new discipline that has emerged because of the

problems faced by linguistic minorities with the conduct of special education. As current research

studies indicate, the progress and innovations ushered in by P.L. 94-142 have not been extended

to linguistic minorities, particularly Hispanic children. This special issue suggests that the

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