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Responsibilities and Training Needs of Paraeducators in Physical Education
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Davis, Ronald W.; Kotecki, Jerome E.; Harvey, Michael W.; Oliver, Amy – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2007
This study describes responsibilities and training needs of paraeducators in physical education. Paraeducators (n = 138) employed in 34 midwestern schools received a 27-item questionnaire. Of the 138 paraeducators contacted, 76 responded, resulting in a 55.1% response rate. Only 16% of the total respondents (n = 76) reported receiving specific…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Needs, Cues, Behavior Modification
Early Intervention for Developmental Functioning: A Quantitative Synthesis of Single-Subject Research.
Scruggs, Thomas E.; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1988
Reviewed are 14 studies employing single-subject methodology to investigate the results of interventions to improve developmental functioning in handicapped preschoolers. Interventions included treatments to develop physical responsiveness, increase feeding behavior, and decrease rumination or compulsive vomiting. Knowledge concerning the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Eating Habits, Intervention
Program Evaluation Findings of an Intensive Early Intervention Program.
Fewell, Rebecca R.; Glick, Michelle P. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
An intensive early intervention program was evaluated by assessing gains made by 44 special needs children (age 2) in cognition, gross motor, fine motor, receptive language, and expressive language domains. Comparison of actual to predicted posttest scores did not reveal significant gains in any domains. In cognition, gross motor, and fine motor…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Early Intervention