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Scorgie, Kate, Ed.; Forlin, Chris, Ed. – International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, 2022
Volume 18 of "International Perspectives on Inclusive Education" offers multiple international perspectives on transitions for children and youth with diverse backgrounds and special needs. Transition approaches are viewed from early childhood through to post-secondary and into workplace settings using a unique convergence of integrating…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Student Needs, Transitional Programs, Preschool Education
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Scorgie, Kate, Ed.; Forlin, Chris, Ed. – International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, 2019
This volume in the International Perspectives on Inclusive Education Series explores innovative perspectives and practices regarding social inclusion of potentially marginalized individuals from multiple perspectives. This book blends theoretical and evidence-based research about social inclusion and belonging, while simultaneously giving voice to…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Social Environment, Sense of Community, Evidence Based Practice
Jimenez, Terese C., Ed.; Graf, Victoria L., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2008
Developed as a resource for educators and parents who teach and support the more than 6.5 million students with disabilities, this book includes contributions from acknowledged special and general education professionals. Contributors address overarching issues in the field and focus on topics that are relevant to students no matter what their…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Early Intervention, General Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Colton, Tara – Center for an Urban Future, 2006
This new report shows that while some of New York's college readiness programs have grown significantly in the last few years, there have also been some disappointing steps backward. For instance, the Bloomberg administration backed away from an initiative launched in 2000 by CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and then-New York City Schools…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Cooperation, Dual Enrollment, College School Cooperation
Eaves, Ronald C.; McLaughlin, Phillip J. – 1993
This book provides 12 papers on assessment, instruction, and policy making in special education and rehabilitation. Part I focuses on assessment, with the following papers: "A Theory of Human Behavior" (Ronald Eaves); "Describing the Cognitive Aspects of Intelligence" (David Sabatino and Hubert Vance); and "Critical Issues in the Diagnostic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Watkins, Peter – 1984
This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to policy studies in education. The opening monograph is a critique of policies favoring transition programs aimed at training students to fit into the prevailing structure of the workplace, suggesting that such…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Economics, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Gaylord-Ross, Robert, Ed.; And Others – 1990
Forty-one readings are presented on the social ecology variables and interventions that characterize the life of persons with disabilities. The readings are grouped into six categories dealing respectively with background, assessment of student-centered variables, interventions relating to student-centered variables, program-centered variables,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Gardner, Ralph, III, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book was written to disseminate measurably superior instructional strategies to those interested in advancing sound, field-tested educational practices. Part 1 contains chapters that give two views of the future of behavior analysis in education, while part 2 focuses on promoting applied behavior analysis. Part 3 addresses issues in early…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
Landau, Julia K., Ed.; Romano, Carolyn A., Ed.; Vohs, Janet R., Ed. – 1999
This manual covers thirteen different topics relevant to the education of students with disabilities in the era of educational reform and standards-based education. Sections include: (1) "Raising Standards of Learning: and Students with and Standards-Based Education Students with Disabilities" (Janet R. Vohs, Julia K. Landau, and Carolyn…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Behavior Modification, Curriculum Design
Reschly, Daniel J., Ed.; Tilly, W. David, III, Ed.; Grimes, Jeffrey P., Ed. – 1998
This volume presents 12 papers that address the increasing shift toward functional and noncategorical approaches to special education. The papers are: (1) "Origins of Categorical Special Education Services in Schools and a Rationale for Changing Them" (Jim Ysseldyke and Doug Marston); (2) "Reform Trends and System Design Alternatives" (Dan Reschly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Based Assessment, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
These six conference papers from the Biennial Conference on Postsecondary Education for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing focus on serving nontraditional students with deafness or hard of hearing. The first paper, "Helping Minority Individuals Navigate through Successful School and Work Transitions" (Glenn B. Anderson and Susan K. McGee),…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Development, College Students, Cultural Differences
Calculator, Stephen N., Ed.; Jorgensen, Cheryl M., Ed. – 1994
These six papers address theoretical and practical issues in the inclusion of students with severe disabilities in regular classes and related settings. Emphasis is on how communication and other social skills can be taught to these students in inclusive settings. A prologue and epilogue, by Beth Dixon, a parent, relates her severely disabled…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development
Giangreco, Michael F., Ed. – 1998
The five sections of this guide, intended for general education teachers working to include students with disabilities, can be used independently. Each section includes a letter to the teacher that introduces the content; a list of 10 "guidelines-at-a-glance"; a set of the guidelines, each on a separate page, suitable for duplication or as…
Descriptors: Administration, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Glang, Ann, Ed.; Singer, George H. S., Ed.; Todis, Bonnie, Ed. – 1997
Designed for educators, this book focuses on educational issues relating to students with acquired brain injury (ABI), and describes approaches that have been effective in improving the school experiences of students with brain injury. Section 1 provides an introduction to issues related to ABI in children and youth and includes: "An Overview of…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Counseling Techniques, Education Work Relationship
Gaylord-Ross, Robert, Ed. – 1992
This compilation presents five papers on issues and research in special education. "Qualitative Research in Special Education: An Evaluative Review" (Charles A. Peck and Gail C. Furman) explicates some of the epistemological assumptions underlying qualitative research methods, reviews examples of qualitative research, evaluates the contributions…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Coping, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
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