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Cierra Presberry – Urban Education, 2025
Restorative justice has become a widely used intervention in urban schools to address the ways that students of color and students with disabilities disproportionately face punitive disciplinary action. As such, understanding the perspectives of teachers of these students is of the utmost importance. Using Dis/ability Critical Race Studies as a…
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Race
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Layden, Selena J.; Lorio-Barsten, Daria; Scott, LaRon A.; Hayden, Kera E. – Exceptionality, 2023
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have complex and unique needs that can impact their success. Evidence-based practices (EBPs) have been identified that are effective with this population, yet educators may not be adequately prepared to implement such EBPs. Special education administrators are frequently responsible for developing and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Special Education, Faculty Development, Special Education Teachers
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Emily D. Quinn; Kim Kurin; Kristi L. Atkins; Alexandria Cook – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: The goal of this study was to identify promising implementation strategies that may increase teachers' and speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) adoption of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) during routine classroom activities. Method: A grounded theory approach was used to collect and code online, semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Early Childhood Education, Special Education Teachers, Allied Health Personnel
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Sophia R. D'Agostino; Sarah E. Pinkelman; Melissa Maye – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention (NDBI) strategies appear to be well-suited for implementation by preschool teachers of young children ages 3 through 5, yet research exploring NDBI implementation within this specific context is extremely limited. We applied an implementation science framework to examine reported knowledge,…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Children, Intervention
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Weiss, Margaret P.; Glaser, Holly; Lloyd, John Wills – Exceptionality, 2022
Co-teaching is a widely used service delivery model for special education with significant variability in implementation. In this exploratory study, we examine a three-element model for instruction in co-teaching that is meant to reduce this variability and evaluate its implementation by three secondary co-teaching teams. Changes in teacher…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Special Education, Secondary School Teachers, Students with Disabilities
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Nancy Burstein; Sue Sears; Anne Wilcoxen – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2023
This study examined the long-term impact of a special education residency program in high-need urban schools on the recruitment, program completion, and hiring and retention of graduates. Findings from this study, expanding research to special education teacher preparation, are consistent with a growing body of research that suggests that a…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Special Education, Residential Programs, Teacher Education
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Mandy E. Lusk; Donna Sayman; Calli Lewis Chiu – Advocate, 2022
Teachers are the primary conduit through which positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) are implemented. The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate alternatively certified special education teachers' implementation of PBIS. All participants were in their first or second year as teachers in classrooms for pre-kindergarten…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Special Education Teachers, Program Implementation, Positive Behavior Supports
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Richards, Hazel – Support for Learning, 2021
In England, Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs) created changes for SENCOs, including those working in private, voluntary and independent (PVI) early years settings. Such SENCOs hold, as a minimum, a relevant Level-3 qualification, with subsequent training and support being optional, varied and sometimes difficult to access. This situation has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Special Needs Students
Kaitlyn Ahlers; Maria L. Hugh; Lindsay Frederick; Jill Locke – Grantee Submission, 2021
Schools are the primary setting in which autistic youth receive intervention, yet fidelity to implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for autism in schools varies. Fidelity is an important metric to determine whether educators are delivering EBPs as designed, and there are many different factors that predict fidelity to EBP…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Program Implementation, Evidence Based Practice, Elementary School Students
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Siljehag, Eva; Westling Allodi, Mara – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
Studies have shown that children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) are less engaged in social interactions with peers. The study attempted to investigate how Swedish preschool teachers in inclusive preschool settings implemented an evidence-based program called Play Time/Social Time; how they interpreted children's interaction; and how their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Relationship
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Vaughan K. Collins; Catherine M. Corbin; Jill J. Locke; Clayton R. Cook; Mark G. Ehrhart; Kurt D. Hatch; Aaron R. Lyon – Grantee Submission, 2024
Although there are a growing number of implementation strategies to increase the adoption, fidelity, and sustainment of evidence-based practices (EBP), they are often complex and bulky, which can interfere with their widespread application. To address these challenges, the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) strategy was created…
Descriptors: Leadership, Usability, Evidence Based Practice, Program Implementation
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Richard J. May; Hira Salman; Sean J. O'Neill; Louise Denne; Corinna Grindle; Richard Cross; Emily Roberts-Tyler; Isabelle Meek; Catherine Games – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system which is widely used to support children with developmental disabilities. In the present study, we surveyed individuals responsible for implementing PECS in special educational settings in the United Kingdom (N=283). We explored knowledge…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Special Education, Knowledge Level
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Argnue Chitiyo; Chaidamoyo Goodson Dzenga – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2021
Children with special education needs possess unique learning characteristics which may inhibit their effective learning in mainstream, general education classes. Special education practices are therefore designed to address the educational needs of students with disabilities through various strategies including thorough assessments of students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities
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McNeill, Jordan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
The autism intervention literature focuses heavily on the concept of evidence-based practice, with less consideration of the acceptability, feasibility, and contextual alignment of interventions in practice. A survey of 130 special educators was conducted to quantify this "social validity" of evidence-based practices and analyze its…
Descriptors: Autism, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Special Education
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Görel, Gamze; Hellmich, Frank – Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 2022
Following the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, questions concerning the joint education of students with and without special educational needs remain to be answered. Currently, there is a need for knowledge about the necessary conditions for a successful implementation of inclusive education. Thus, the aim of…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Program Implementation
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