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Direct linkTorelli, Jessica N.; Lloyd, Blair P.; Pollack, Marney S. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
To evaluate effects of psychotropic medication for children with disabilities, direct assessments may offer a valuable supplement to caregiver reports. Relative to indirect assessment, direct measures of behavior can increase objectivity and sensitivity, and some have potential to isolate distinct behavioral and learning processes. We conducted a…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Children, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Tesfaye, Rackeb; Courchesne, Valerie; Yusuf, Afiqah; Savion-Lemieux, Tal; Singh, Ilina; Shikako-Thomas, Keiko; Mirenda, Pat; Waddell, Charlotte; Smith, Isabel M.; Nicholas, David; Szatmari, Peter; Bennett, Terry; Duku, Eric; Georgiades, Stelios; Kerns, Connor; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Zaidman-Zait, Anat; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Elsabbagh, Mayada – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Most research regarding youth with autism spectrum disorder has not focused on their first-person perspectives providing limited insight into methodologies best suited to eliciting their voices. We conducted a synthesis of methods previously used to obtain the first-person perspectives of youth with various disabilities, which may be applicable to…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Youth, Disabilities
Owiny, Ruby L.; Spriggs, Amy D.; Sartini, Emily C.; Mills, Jeremy R. – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Increased accountability for quality instruction leading to higher achievement for all students has made it essential for identification and implementation of evidence-based practices. The Council for Exceptional Children's development of quality indicators (QI) has provided measures for researchers to apply to a body of literature to determine if…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Special Education, Children, Adolescents
Quinn, Brenna L.; Seibold, Esther; Hayman, Laura – Exceptional Children, 2015
Challenges in assessing the pain of children with special needs are created by the differing abilities of these students to self-report pain presence and intensity. This article reports the results of a literature review examining methods of pain assessment for children with special needs. The authors note the need to foster partnerships with…
Descriptors: Pain, Children, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Rowe, Hillary L.; Trickett, Edison J. – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
This paper addresses two major and potentially conflicting movements: the importance of diversity as both a conceptual and political issue and the rise of the evidence-based practice movement in education. This tension is particularly important when evaluating and reporting universal interventions because of their intended applicability across…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Intervention, Student Diversity
Hicks, Tyler A.; Knollman, Greg A. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
This review examines published secondary analyses of National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 (NLTS2) data, with a primary focus upon statistical objectives, paradigms, inferences, and methods. Its primary purpose was to determine which statistical techniques have been common in secondary analyses of NLTS2 data. The review begins with an…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Disabilities, Special Education, Transitional Programs
Colenbrander, Danielle; Nickels, Lyndsey; Kohnen, Saskia – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2011
Response to Intervention (RTI) models of reading instruction have received much attention in the literature (Fuchs, Mock, Morgan, & Young, 2003; Hosp & Ardoin, 2008; Justice, 2006). Such models call for frequent and high-quality assessment of students' skills. One skill that is vital in the process of learning to read is the ability to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dyslexia, Reading Tests, Learning Processes
Download full textStone, Elizabeth; Davey, Tim – ETS Research Report Series, 2011
There has been an increased interest in developing computer-adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage assessments for K-12 accountability assessments. The move to adaptive testing has been met with some resistance by those in the field of special education who express concern about routing of students with divergent profiles (e.g., some students with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Disabilities, Special Education
Hu, X.; Summers, J. A.; Turnbull, A.; Zuna, N. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Background: Family quality of life (FQOL) has emerged as an important outcome of service delivery for individuals with disabilities and their families. The purpose of this review was to explore the disparity of scale development approaches between families with children with disabilities and families from other populations and identify strengths…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Scoring, Psychometrics
Zelazo, Philip David; Blair, Clancy B.; Willoughby, Michael T. – National Center for Education Research, 2016
Executive function (EF) skills are the attention-regulation skills that make it possible to sustain attention, keep goals and information in mind, refrain from responding immediately, resist distraction, tolerate frustration, consider the consequences of different behaviors, reflect on past experiences, and plan for the future. As EF research…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention Control, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Schilder, D. – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2013
In this "FastFacts," a state asks the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) to recommend experts in the field of assessing young children who are English Language Learners (ELL) to train administrators and psychologists working in district preschool programs for young children with special needs? This is particularly…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, English Language Learners, Bilingualism
Stone, Elizabeth; Davey, Tim – Educational Testing Service, 2011
There has been an increased interest in developing computer-adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage assessments for K-12 accountability assessments. The move to adaptive testing has been met with some resistance by those in the field of special education who express concern about routing of students with divergent profiles (e.g., some students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adaptive Testing, Accountability, Computer Assisted Testing
Piotrowski, Chris – Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 2012
Research on the topic of cyber-bullying has proliferated over the past decade, particularly on its impact on children through adolescents. Thus, it would be of interest to examine the scope and extent of research interest on the topic in scholarly publications. This paper reports on a reference citation analysis of the database PsycINFO, using the…
Descriptors: Violence, Risk, Bullying, Citation Analysis
Clark, Heather; Lazarus, Cathy; Arvedson, Joan; Schooling, Tracy; Frymark, Tobi – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2009
Purpose: To systematically review the literature examining the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on swallowing and neural activation. The review was conducted as part of a series examining the effects of oral motor exercises (OMEs) on speech, swallowing, and neural activation. Method: A systematic search was conducted to…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Assistive Technology, Motor Reactions, Educational Research
Caffrey, Erin; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Journal of Special Education, 2008
The authors report on a mixed-methods review of 24 studies that explores the predictive validity of dynamic assessment (DA). For 15 of the studies, they conducted quantitative analyses using Pearson's correlation coefficients. They descriptively examined the remaining studies to determine if their results were consistent with findings from the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Predictive Validity, Norm Referenced Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
