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This article analyzes the least restrictive environment requirements of Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act (applicable to children and youth age 6 to 21) and compares them to the least restrictive environment requirements of Part H of the Act (applicable to infants and toddlers from birth to age 2). It argues that the meanings of (a) appropriate education and services and (b) least restrictive environment will be basically the same under Part H as it has been under Part B. It documents the way Part B has been interpreted and concludes by offering advice to those who wish to implement fully the integration of infants and toddlers with disabilities into programs and facilities serving infants and toddlers who do not have disabilities.

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The Unfulfilled Promise of Integration

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