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A Meta-Analysis of Science Education Studies for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
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Mehmet D. Sulu; Ronald C. Martella; Orhan Aydin; Virginia Bolshokova; Emine Erden – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
Teaching science education has remained limited for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), which, in turn, has resulted in an ongoing discrepancy between these students and their typically developing peers for decades. Although there is a growing body of research in effective teaching approaches aimed at overcoming this…
Descriptors: Science Education, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Computer-Assisted Well-Body Assessment of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Program Description, Implementation Integrity, and Social Validation
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Andrew Shlesinger; Frank Bird; Jill M. Harper; James K. Luiselli; Melmark New England – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2022
We describe a computer-assisted program for conducting well-body assessments of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities attending a private special education school. Classroom instructors completed daily assessments to detect the presence of bodily injuries and other skin trauma, determine the need for medical treatment, and monitor healing…
Descriptors: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Private Schools, Special Schools
"What ELSE about This Job?" Teaching Job Decision-Making to College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Ayse Torres; Kelly B. Kearney; Lauren Berlingo; Michael P. Brady – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2022
Decision-making is the central element of self-determination, requiring targeted, systematic instruction to learn. In this study, researchers developed a multicomponent intervention, "What ELSE about this job?", to teach job decision-making skills to college students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The intervention…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, College Students
Curricular Areas in Which Students with Intellectual Disability Receive Instruction
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Julia E. Snider; Stacy K. Dymond – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
Students with intellectual disability (ID) tend to have different experiences than their peers without ID as it pertains to the curriculum they receive, the locations where they are taught, and the amount of time they are provided instruction. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the curricular areas and contexts in which high…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Special Education
The Challenge of Studying Interaction in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder during Play Activity with a Robotic Platform
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Paolo Meucci; Laura Zampini; Ambra Mara Giovannetti; Alice Quadraroli; Amanda Viola D'Arrigo; Daria Riva; Chiara Vago; Sara Bulgheroni; Francesca Cecchi; Irene Mannari; Francesco Paolo Falotico; Andrea Pratesi; Giovanni Passetti; Cecilia Laschi; Paolo Dario; Carlo Riva; Elisa Rossoni; Milda Cerniauskaite; Matilde Leonardi – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2020
The present study aimed to assess the validity of using a robotic platform (RODDI) to increase and enhance communicative exchanges between educators and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability. Nine children with ASD and intellectual disability and their educators took part in the study. Their communicative…
Descriptors: Robotics, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability