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What Does the Term "Least Restrictive Environment" Mean When Applied

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What does the term "least restrictive environment" mean when applied to education for exceptional children? Provide an example to support your explanation.


Definitions:

Social Conventions

Established norms, behaviors, and rules that govern interactions within a society or group, facilitating social harmony and order.

Conventional Thought

A cognitive process that follows traditional or societal norms, often characterized by conformity and a tendency to accept established practices.

Formal-operational Thought

A concept in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, referring to the ability (typically from adolescence onwards) to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

Asynchronous Growth

Unbalanced growth, such as the growth that occurs during the early part of adolescence and causes many adolescents to appear gawky.

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