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SAGE Publications, Exceptional Children, 4(68), p. 503-517

DOI: 10.1177/001440290206800406

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Setting Effects on Friendship Formation among Young Children with and without Disabilities

Journal article published in 2002 by Virginia Buysse, Barbara Davis Goldman, Martie L. Skinner ORCID
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Abstract

This study examined the effects of social setting on the friendship formation of 333 preschool children (120 children with disabilities and 213 typically developing children) enrolled in inclusive early childhood programs. The study found that typically developing children in specialized classrooms had significantly more friends than did children with disabilities in those same settings. In child care settings, however, the difference between the reported number of friendships for typically developing children and their peers with disabilities did not reach statistical significance. Implications are presented for considering how the social ecology of the early childhood classroom setting may influence social outcomes for young children enrolled in inclusive programs.