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Rajaraman, Adithyan; Austin, Jennifer L.; Gover, Holly C. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
"Promoting choice" is a defining value guiding Positive Behavior Support (PBS) models for serving individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). The ability to make independent choices is of paramount importance to self-advocacy and self-determination. Promoting choice is also an essential commitment of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Self Advocacy, Self Determination
Patrick Rooney; Valerie Williams – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2023
It is important for educators to collect accurate information on the academic performance of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who may be assessed with an Alternate Assessment Aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS) to inform decisions about resources, programs, instruction, and individualized…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Patrick Rooney; Valerie Williams – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2022
It is important for educators to collect accurate information on the academic performance of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who may be assessed with an Alternate Assessment Aligned with Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS) to inform decisions about resources, programs, instruction, and individualized…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Christine Drew; Julie Hill; Kevin White – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities have the right to access appropriate and comprehensive sexuality and relationship education (SRE), but face a long history of exclusion from SRE in the USA due to myths about the sexuality of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, biases against people with disabilities, and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Sex Education, LGBTQ People