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Direct linkLo, Lusa – Preventing School Failure, 2014
An individualized education program is a legal document that details information regarding the special education program of a student with a disability. For parents to determine whether they agree with the individualized education program that is proposed by the school, they must first be able to read and comprehend the document. This study aimed…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Readability, Parent Materials
Low, Lafe – InCider, 1986
Uses of Apple II microcomputers with special-education students are described. Many such students can overcome handicaps with the computers. Use of word processing, the role of motivation, and individual attention are stressed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Education, Individual Needs, Instruction
Degnan, Sarah C.; Hummel, Jeffrey W. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1985
Points out that word processing can be integrated into special education programs and that teachers can gain confidence in their ability to teach word processing to special education students. Inservice programs and effects of word processing instruction on special education students are among the topics addressed. (DH)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
Jacobi, Christina – Educational Technology, 1986
Describes a research study on the effects of word processing use in teaching writing to four fifth-grade boys in a special education program, and reviews other studies on word processing use with learning disabled students. It was concluded that word processing offers great promise to the special needs student. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, Learning Disabilities
O'Neal, Betty – Media and Methods, 1992
Describes microcomputer-based hardware, software, and adaptive devices that are available to help disabled students based on experiences in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Highlights include speech synthesizers; devices for computer monitors that bypass the need to use a keyboard; switches sensitive to light, movement, and air; and word…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Disabilities
Literacy Achievement of Children with Intellectual Disabilities and Differing Linguistic Backgrounds
Verhoeven, L.; Vermeer, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: The aim of the present study was to examine the literacy achievement of 10- to 12-year-old native and non-native children with intellectual disabilities (ID) living in the Netherlands. An intriguing question within this context was whether the second language learning non-native children with ID would show a double disadvantage when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Second Language Learning, Syntax
Peer reviewedBlackhurst, A. Edward; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1987
A list of microcomputing competencies associated with functions that special education professors typically perform was assessed by 148 special education faculty who use microcomputers. Word processing was rated as the single most useful competency, along with the category of providing instruction about microcomputer applications in special…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMaddux, Cleborne D. – Computers in the Schools, 1986
Discussion of microcomputer use in public elementary schools focuses on the field of special education. Two main ways of using computers are described: (1) traditional uses, including administration, computer-assisted instruction, and assessment; and (2) new applications, including programming, word processing, simulations, and prosthetic aids…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
