via DisabilityScoop (7.29.11):
Study: Bullying More Common Among Students with Disabilities
by Michelle Diament
Kids with disabilities and other special health care needs are at increased risk for bullying and generally show less motivation to succeed in school, new research indicates.
The findings come from a study published this week in the journal Pediatrics that looked at more than 1,450 students in fourth through sixth grade attending three rural school districts in Maryland and West Virginia.
Through surveys of the students and their parents, researchers found that about 1 in 3 kids in mainstream classrooms at the schools had some type of special health care need ranging from asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to emotional and behavioral disorders.
this wasn't a national study so it's hard to make the leap despite the headlines. it's just MD and VA that were looked at. why generalize from a few locations? maybe people are just nastier in MD and VA, being near DC and all that.
Posted by: David Smithe | August 14, 2011 at 05:33 PM
Wow, that's a really cevler way of thinking about it!
Posted by: Libby | August 28, 2011 at 01:49 PM