Attachment in Full-Inclusion Programs

Attachment in Full-Inclusion Programs
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By J. Gonzalez-Mena
Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall

Full-inclusion programs are those where children with developmental differences, disabilities, and particular challenges are placed in child care with their typically developing peers rather than being separated into special programs. Every adult involved in such programs must aim to help all children feel they belong. That means that the children with exceptional needs must be integrated into the group. Unless the adults in the program have time and skill to facilitate this integration, some children may feel left out. Although this attention to integration is slightly different from the kind of attachment  focused on below, it brings up the issue of attachment not just to an adult or two, but also to the group.

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