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| Items | Range | Mean | SD |
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| Need for information | | | |
| I need information about the child’s disability | 1–5 | 2.9 | 1.3 |
| …About how to teach him/her to relate to others | 1–6 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| …About how to teach language abilities | 1–6 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| …About how to teach academic skills | 1–6 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| …About how to interact and communicate with him/her | 1–6 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| …About how to reduce behavioral problems | 1–6 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
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| Need for social support | | | |
| I need someone in my school with whom I could talk to about this child | 1–6 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| I need opportunities to speak to the parents of this pupil | 1–5 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| I need time to talk to other teachers and staff about this child | 1–6 | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| I would like to speak to experts more regularly | 1–6 | 3.4 | 1.4 |
| I need to read more documentation about this disability | 1–6 | 3.3 | 1.3 |
| I would like to talk to teachers with pupils like mine | 1–6 | 3.6 | 1.4 |
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| Help to explain to others | | | |
| Help in explaining the needs of this pupil to the other children | 1–6 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Help in explaining the child’s progress to the parents | 1–5 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Help in advising the child’s parents | 1–6 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
| Help in explaining this child’s needs to other staff | 1–6 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
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| Need for added resources | | | |
| I need help for the occasions in which I must leave the classroom | 1–6 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| I need someone to provide individual support for the child outside the classroom | 1–6 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| I need someone to provide individual support for the child in the classroom | 1–6 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| I need more physical space to work with this pupil | 1–6 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| I need more curricular materials to work with this pupil | 1–6 | 3.5 | 1.7 |
| I need greater flexibility in my schedule to be able to attend to this child | 1–6 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
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