Least Restrictive Environment : The Paradox of Inclusion [Paperback]

John F. Burton (Author), Timothy P. Schmidle (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 290 pages
• Publisher: Lrp Pubns; 1st edition (August 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934753792
• ISBN-13: 978-0934753791
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,434,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lawrence Siegel has been a Special Education Attorney and Advocate since 1979, and has represented children with disabilities extensively in IEPs, due process, complaints, legal action and before legislative and policy bodies. Mr. Siegel has lectured and consulted with advocacy and parent groups throughout the country and is a member of the California Advisory Commission on Special Education. He has written special education legislation that has been adopted in several states and is the author of Least Restrictive Environment: The Paradox of Inclusion (LRP Publications, 1994). Mr. Siegel is the founder and Director of the National Deaf Education Project which works to ensure that the fundamental communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing children are part of the educational system. In 2004-5 he was appointed to an endowed chair at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. for his work as an advocate special education. He lives in Fairfax, California, with his wife Gail and two daughters, Catie and Elisabeth.