Should schools expect poor physical and mental health, social adjustment, and participation outcomes in students with disability?

ABSTRACT: The literature on whether students with disabilities have worse physical and mental health, social adjustment, and participation outcomes when compared to their peers without disabilities is largely inconclusive. While the majority of case control studies showed significantly worse outcomes for students with disabilities; the proportion of variance accounted for is rarely reported. The current study used a population cross-sectional approach to determine the classification ability of commonly used screening and outcome measures in determining the disability status. Furthermore, the study aimed to identify the variables, if any, that best predicted the presence of disability. Results of univariate discriminant function analyses suggest that across the board, the sensitivity of the outcome/s

SUBMITTER: Vaz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4429077 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature