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Courtney C. Revels-Turner – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of implicit bias in the referral process for special education. The study explored the relationship between independent variables such as student and teacher race/ethnicity, gender of teacher, teachers' years of teaching experience, and how likely teachers would refer a male student for…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Race, Sex, Predictor Variables
Makenzie R. Schiemann – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Higher education administrators are tasked with supporting and retaining students with increasing needs. These needs often include emotional and mental health issues but can worsen to include suicidality and violence toward others. Traditional campus approaches for supporting students and intervening for violence, such as counseling and campus…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learner Engagement, Expectation, Referral
Michael Feinstein – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Little research has been conducted on the attitudes and clinical practice behaviors of therapists in relation to psychotropic medication, and no literature could be found on this relationship among graduate student therapists, specifically. To address the gap in the literature, quantitative methodology procedures were used in this study to measure…
Descriptors: Therapy, Drug Therapy, Graduate Students, Counselor Training
Gomez-Salemi, Alice M. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Exclusionary practices, including suspension, expulsions, and office discipline referrals, to student misbehavior, can have a lasting impact on student outcomes. School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) is a universal behavioral framework designed to support school personnel prevent and respond to challenging student…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Discipline, Behavior Modification
Costa, Annela – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of the present study was to explore the cultural intelligence of educational decision-makers and their perceptions of the importance of factors that relate to pre-referral/referral and eligibility determination processes for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students who may have disabilities. Participants (n=120) included…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Eligibility, Referral, Student Diversity
Lewis, Regina – ProQuest LLC, 2019
After the U.S Department of Education passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1991, school districts quickly noticed that special education students covered under IDEA were receiving disciplinary measures at significantly higher rates than their non-disabled peers. Over 20 years later, special education students still experience…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Discipline, Disproportionate Representation
Branscombe, Peter – ProQuest LLC, 2017
According to literature, African American male students are disproportionately placed in special education programs throughout our national public school systems. Therefore, this study was intended to examine factors that may influence a teacher's decision to recommend students for special education services. The target population for this study…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disproportionate Representation, Ethnicity, Gender Differences
White, Joshua E.P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
School Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (SWPBIS) is a broad approach providing school personnel with tools and skills to enhance student academic achievement and improve socially relevant behavior (OSEP-TAC on PBIS, 2016). SWPBIS is a 'technology' with four core features: (1) behavioral strategies; (2) integrated interventions; (3)…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Referral
Newell, Monica M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Intervention Support Team possesses the vital components to ensure that students receive every opportunity to excel in the classroom before being referred to the special education program. The largest contributors to students referred for special education testing are teachers. The purpose of this quantitative, correlation predictive study was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
Laughter, Edwin Brice – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the strength of the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and discipline referrals. Participants completed the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale, which was used as an operational definition of teacher self-efficacy. A Spearman's correlation coefficient measured the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Secondary School Teachers, Rural Schools, School Districts
Afacan, Kemal – ProQuest LLC, 2018
During the last decade, an increasing number of students with intellectual disability (ID) have taken statewide general reading assessments. Also, all states have designed and implemented alternate reading assessments for students with significant ID who could not participate in general assessments. To date, few studies have examined the reading…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Outcomes of Education
Schumann, Joan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Several studies identify inequitable educational outcomes for students from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. For example, when compared to White/Caucasian students, such students are more likely to be disciplined in school settings. School-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) is an intervention likely to improve disproportionate…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Prediction, Demography, Intervention
Woodson, Lorenzo Adrian – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Past research has revealed that African American/Black boys are referred for special education evaluation at disproportionately higher rates than boys of other racial/ethnic groups. This correlational study used survey methodology to examine whether student and teacher demographic variables predicted how likely a teacher would refer boy students…
Descriptors: Referral, Special Education, Race, Ethnicity
Barkley, Brian Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 1989 Dr. Stephen Covey wrote "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" which revealed seven habits that people should integrate into their lives that would help them on the two levels of relationships. First, it would help people to establish a better relationship personally. Secondly, it would help people to improve their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Culture, Educational Environment, Instructional Leadership
Stuart, Kendra – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Classroom disruptions present an obstacle to raising student achievement for teachers and school administrators. This study was designed to investigate potential relationships between weather, specifically barometric pressure, or the lunar cycle, and whether either had a direct correlation with student discipline referrals. The intent was to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Weather, Academic Achievement, School Districts
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