Sociometry and Educationally Handicapped Children

WINSTON J. HAGBORG

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Sociometry is presented here as a useful method both for understanding peer relations and assisting in the development of intervention plans for educationally handicapped children. I provide descriptions of my previous research investigations with deaf and severely emotionally disturbed youth and then offer applied case examples drawn from my practice as a school psychologist. I conclude that sociometric assessments, given their advantages, are well suited to assist educators in meeting the challenges of school change.

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