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Special education

when evidence is lacking, choosing the educational decision that would do the least harm if it proved wrong.

In special education, least dangerous assumption refers to when evidence is lacking, choosing the educational decision that would do the least harm if it proved wrong. This meaning comes from Donnellan (1984) in Behavioral Disorders.[1]

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evidence2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs harm2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers

References

Donnellan, A. M. (1984). The Criterion of the Least Dangerous Assumption. Behavioral Disorders, 9(2), 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1177/019874298400900201

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