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Direct linkTurnbull, Ann; Turnbull, Rud – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
The purpose of this article is to respond to the perspectives of Agran and colleagues concerning barriers to general education placement for students with significant support needs from an "on the ground" lens of participation in mediations and due process hearings, as well as conversations with parental inclusion advocates throughout…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Barriers
Juniel, Pamela Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The identification and implementation of evidence-based practices by special education and general education teachers continues to be an issue in the field of education (Cook & Cook, 2011; Cook, Tankersley, Cook, & Landrum, 2008). Since the mandates of providing students with disabilities access to the general education curricula (IDEA,…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, School Districts, Professional Development, Special Education
Download full textBausch, Margaret E.; Ault, Melinda Jones – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2012
The reauthorization of IDEA mandates that students with a disability must be considered for assistive technology (AT). However, in order to implement the mandate, teachers and related service personnel must be knowledgeable about many aspects of AT. The purpose of this study was to gauge the extent to which personnel preparation programs believe…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Professional Development
Fitch, Mark Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 allowed schools to use a Response to Intervention (RtI) model as opposed to the discrepancy model to qualify students as learning disabled. The incorporation of the RtI model provided earlier interventions for students and reduced avoidance of special services and false diagnosis. With the success of…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
Cronin, Annette R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The intention of this study was to examine three factors regarding the implementation of the Response to Intervention (RtI) model. First, the study discovered what professional development opportunities were afforded to administrators and certified faculty to support the implementation of the RtI model within schools that make AYP and those that…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Professional Development, Faculty Development
Samples, Tammy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Education reform has been on a new path over the last 15 years; a path that leads to more accountability, more choice for students and parents, highly qualified teachers, as well as, best practices in instruction. In an effort to move along the path of reform and as a result of previous reform, the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA reviewed the field…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Counties, Educational Change
Mike, Kristen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As a result of the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), Response to Intervention (RTI) became a legal and acceptable basis for determining special education eligibility. While there may be evidence that RTI has had positive effects on the prereferral process for special education in some schools, there…
Descriptors: Intervention, School Psychologists, Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2009
This paper presents the third part of the "Massachusetts Primer on Special Education and Charter Schools." Part III addresses the issues concerning the education of students with disabilities at all stages in the development and operation of a Massachusetts charter school. The information is intended to inform those who are responsible…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Program Implementation
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2009
Public schools must make available special education and related services to all IDEA-eligible (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) students with disabilities beginning at age three and through age 18. Services to students, ages 19, 20, and 21, are permissive. That means the decision to serve 19, 20 and 21-year-old students is determined…
Descriptors: Accountability, Staff Development, Special Education, Public Education
Misra, Sunil – Project Forum, 2006
When Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1997, it authorized an evaluation to track progress at the state and local levels on the legislative goals of IDEA. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) commissioned a national longitudinal study, the Study of State and Local…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Minority Group Children, Special Education, Program Implementation
Richardson, Nancy; And Others – 1994
This study examined how Illinois and Massachusetts are attempting to establish a more inclusive educational system as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The study looked at factors affecting inclusion in six categories: (1) funding, (2) education delivery systems, (3) political climate, (4) Federal and State regulations…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1999
This document is a brief analysis of survey information received from 33 states and non-state jurisdictions regarding implementation of the new provision in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that all students with disabilities have access to the general education curriculum by requiring linkage of the Individualized Education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
