Educational Implications of Costello Syndrome: The Team Approach

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Nikki L. Murdick
Barbara C. Gartin

Abstract

Since the 1990s the number of children with disabilities placed within the general education classroom has steadily increased. Many of these children are provided special education services under the generic disability title “intellectual disability.” Over the past decade, there has been a significant amount of research concerning rare genetic syndromes that result in separating developmental disabilities into categories using similar origins and characteristics. Costello syndrome is one of these rare syndromes. Although information is available to medical practitioners, it has seldom been communicated to educators. The authors have taken the available data and, using a team approach, made recommendations for involving medical and health professionals in educating students with Costello syndrome.

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Murdick, N. L., & Gartin, B. C. (2014). Educational Implications of Costello Syndrome: The Team Approach. Research, Advocacy, and Practice for Complex and Chronic Conditions, 33(2), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.14434/pders.v33i2.13142
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Advocacy and Policy
Author Biographies

Nikki L. Murdick, Saint Louis University

Department of Educational Studies

Professor and Graduate Coordinator

Barbara C. Gartin, University of Arkansas

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Univeristy Professor in Special Education