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Francisco C. Vicente – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A 2017 landmark case with the United States Supreme Court, Endrew vs. Douglas, would fundamentally change the provisions for a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with disabilities. Under Endrew vs. Douglas, special education services must confer academic and functional benefit. Emotional Impairment (EI) is one of 13…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Brandt, Sarah; Benjamin, Rachel – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2022
The Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf (CCCBSD) follows a theme-based learning model, providing a quarterly theme around which teachers base cross-curricular instruction. The themes are intentionally broad to encourage teachers to create instructional units that integrate academic and functional learning in response to…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Special Schools, Instruction
Sharon Eileen McGrath – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities or neurological and autism spectrum disorders require access to vocational training, continuing education, independent living opportunities, and community participation as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (U.S. Department of Education, 2020). According to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Paiewonsky, Maria; Sajadi, Shahrzad – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2020
In this brief, the perspectives of special education administrators from Massachusetts and Indiana, who have been engaged in college-based transition services (CBTS), are shared. It summarizes the conversations they had during a fall 2019 Think College webinar and a follow-up discussion in summer 2020. Each administrator has had extensive…
Descriptors: Special Education, Administrator Attitudes, Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities
Rossetti, Zach; Burke, Meghan M.; Rios, Kristina; Rivera, Javier; Schraml, Kristen; Hughes, Oscar; Lee, James; Aleman Tovar, Janeth – Online Submission, 2020
Although parent involvement is a cornerstone of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), few individual parents of children with disabilities participate in civic engagement to voice their suggestions for the next IDEA reauthorization. To address this gap, a civic engagement training was conducted with 95 parents of children with…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities