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Alhaznawi, Ameen Ali; Alanazi, Abdullah Saleh – World Journal of Education, 2021
The purpose of this study is to explore the attitudes of faculty members at higher education toward inclusion for students with high incidence disabilities in higher education. For the aim of this study, a sample of 247 higher education faculty members were therefore collected. Multiple linear regression was conducted for data analysis. Results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, College Students
Lewis, Regina – ProQuest LLC, 2019
After the U.S Department of Education passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1991, school districts quickly noticed that special education students covered under IDEA were receiving disciplinary measures at significantly higher rates than their non-disabled peers. Over 20 years later, special education students still experience…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Discipline, Disproportionate Representation
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Losen, Daniel; Hodson, Cheri; Ee, Jongyeon; Martinez, Tia – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2014
This study used negative binomial regression to investigate whether exposure to novice teachers and risk for identification for special education predicted suspension rates. Data from the 2009-2010 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) was used. The sample was comprised of 72,168 schools from nearly 7,000 school districts from nearly every state.…
Descriptors: Special Education, Equal Education, Racial Bias, Disproportionate Representation
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Sullivan, Amanda L. – School Psychology Review, 2013
This study examined prevalence and relative risk of school-based autism identification by race, and the relations of each to state characteristics. The sample was drawn from general and special education enrollment data for students ages--21 in 46 states during the 2008-2009 academic year. The results show that 1 in 228 students nationwide was…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Incidence
Simonsen, Monica Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 requires school systems to plan systematically for the transition from school to post-secondary education and/or employment and include measurable post-school goals in students' IEPs. Schools are required to coordinate activities, such as work experiences, to assist students in meeting their…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Employment Level, Developmental Disabilities, Predictor Variables
Bobbitt, Erica M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The passage of Public Law 94-142 (the Education of All Handicapped Children Act) in 1975 established the rights of children with disabilities to a public school education in the least restrictive environment. Fifteen years later, it was amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (PL 101-476, 1990), still intended to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Factor Analysis, State Standards, Competence