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Dorianne Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Model Classroom Initiative (MCI) was conceptualized to improve learning and IEP goal attainment while decreasing maladaptive behaviors in specialized instructional program classrooms. The MCI Coaching Model was utilized to assist teachers with the implementation of MCI components in three specialized instructional program classrooms, all of…
Descriptors: Models, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Holman, Sonya Cameron – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Special education team members have shown an inability to write rigorous individualized education program (IEP) goals that meet students' needs. Researchers have focused on special education team members' ability to write IEP goals, and the phenomenon continues to be a vital concern. This basic qualitative study was conducted to examine the…
Descriptors: Models, Professional Development, Goal Orientation, Writing (Composition)
Strong, William Eric – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In this dissertation, I explore, through qualitative means, the perceptions of parents related to discourse (what is said and not said) within formalized and required processes of special education. These processes are federal requirements that parents of children with disabilities or suspected disabilities encounter as their children progress…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Parent Attitudes, Special Education, Qualitative Research
Avila, Delphina J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The price of not being English proficient in the United States is costly. A study using 2000 census data showed that people who were not English proficient experienced lower earnings than those who spoke only English (Community and Regional Development Estate, 2005). The cost of being a non-proficient English speaker has the potential to decrease…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English Language Learners, Models, Limited English Speaking
Gross, Trudy Ruth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
By participating within the educational setting in making decisions about their lives that reach beyond choice-making, students with disabilities who acquire the skills of self-determination may express interests and goals through their own authentic voice. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe the experiences and…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Student Participation, Individualized Education Programs, High School Students
Benson, Jeryl DiSanti – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore the role of occupation in school-based occupational therapy practice. The research questions were (1) How do school-based occupational therapists describe the role of occupation during intervention? (2) Which theories of occupation do school-based occupational therapists associate with their own practice?…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Intervention, Models, Program Effectiveness