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Myklebust, Jon Olav; Båtevik, Finn Ove – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2022
This study, inspired by a life course approach, examines how former students with special educational needs that were met with different types of support, succeed in finding employment with sufficient pay to sustain livelihood and, thus, made themselves economically independent. The individuals in the sample (N = 295) are a part of a Norwegian…
Descriptors: Individual Needs, Economic Status, Independent Living, Young Adults
Mirang Park – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Employed cancer survivors commonly experience stigmatization, work-related changes that create barriers to maintaining or returning to work, and high unemployment. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) services can be an important resource in job retention among cancer survivors, however the specific VR needs and most effective services for this…
Descriptors: Cancer, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Barriers, Vocational Rehabilitation
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Hooper, Alison; Hallam, Rena – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
This study examines the prevalence of home-based child care providers who report serving at least one child whom they identify as having a disability. Although many families choose home-based child care, researchers know very little about how many home-based providers care for young children with disabilities. Through secondary analysis of the…
Descriptors: Incidence, Child Care, Disabilities, Predictor Variables
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Xie, Jingrong; Basham, James D.; Marino, Matthew T.; Rice, Mary F. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2018
Mobile technologies have shown great potential in various educational settings. Moreover, there is an emerging research base demonstrating how students view and interact with mobile devices to learn. As more of these technologies enter inclusive educational settings, an understanding of the extant research base for mobile learning (M-learning) and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
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Charran, Chelseaia; Bicak, Ibrahim; Taylor, Z. W. – Texas Education Review, 2019
Although a wealth of research has explained how postsecondary institutions can support students with disabilities, no studies have articulated which postsecondary institutions are best suited to enroll students with disabilities through quantitative measures over long periods of time. Given the contentious history of special education in Texas, it…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Student Needs, Special Education
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Sazak-Pinar, Elif; Guner-Yildiz, Nevin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The present study was designed to (a) investigate teachers' approval and disapproval behaviors towards academic and social behaviors of students in mainstreaming classrooms and (b) determine whether or not having special needs be a predictor of teachers' approval and disapproval behaviors. The study group consisted of 43 teachers who were working…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Needs, Social Behavior, Special Needs Students
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Yang, Lan; Sin, Kuen-fung; Lui, Ming – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
A core goal of inclusive education worldwide is to maximize the learning potential of students with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream educational settings. However, little research attention has been paid to SEN children's social and emotional gains from inclusive education compared to their academic performance. This study included…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
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Poon, Kenneth K.; Ng, Zijia; Wong, Meng Ee; Kaur, Sarinajit – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2016
In this study, we sought to examine the perceptions of teachers and other school professionals towards the inclusion of secondary school students with special educational needs (SEN), and the associated factors. The Sentiments, Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education Revised scale (SACIE-R) was completed by 131 teachers and school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Inclusion, Predictor Variables
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Rowan, Leonie; Townend, Geraldine; Ewing, Bronwyn Frances – Cogent Education, 2016
Teachers have a major impact upon the educational achievements and psychological well-being of gifted students. Interestingly, however, relatively little is known about how well-prepared early career teachers believe themselves to be to take up this challenge. This makes the development of appropriately targeted and specifically focused…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beliefs, Career Readiness, Gifted
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Blake, Jamilia J.; Zhou, Qiong; Kwok, Oi-Man; Benz, Michael R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2016
The literature on bullying among students with disabilities is burgeoning. The purpose of this study was to examine risk factors for adolescents' involvement in bullying across the bullying continuum. Drawing from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), 2,870 adolescents with disabilities were sampled. Results from multinomial…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims of Crime, High School Students, Disabilities
Seo, Hyojeong – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the evolved concept of disability and an introduction of the support needs construct to special education and related disciplines, as well as a summary of studies that examined the support needs of people with intellectual disability. This Chapter also presents research…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Student Needs
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Kalita, Jumi; Sarmah, Pranita – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2012
It is estimated that of approximately 150-250 million children with disabilities across the world, a large number have difficulties related to problems in the central nervous system (CNS). This paper considers school dropout rates of children with special educational needs associated with CNS problems from a study of educational institutions in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Dropout Rate, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Ambrosini, MaryAnn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Given the challenges faced in ensuring the needs of students with disabilities are met in the midst of fiscal constraints, increasing litigation, meeting adequate yearly progress and compliance with State regulations, special education administrators are more at risk for burnout than ever before. Burnout is characterized by a high degree of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Administrators, Stress Variables
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Exceptional Children, 2014
This report was commissioned by the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) Board of Directors and a workgroup comprising seven special education researchers (Bryan Cook, Chair; Virginia Buysse; Janette Klingner; Tim Landrum; Robin McWilliam; Melody Tankersley; and Dave Test) who developed, vetted, and piloted the new standards for determining…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Standards, Educational Practices
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Barlow, Alexandra; Humphrey, Neil – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
Parents' involvement in their children's education is known to be an important predictor of a range of adaptive outcomes. For learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), lack of parental engagement and confidence has been highlighted as a problematic issue. Given this, the objectives of the current study were to: (i) determine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs
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