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Diversity, Disability, and Decision-Making: Examining the Perceptions of Educational Decision-Makers
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Costa, Annela; Cramer, Elizabeth D. – Multiple Voices: Disability, Race, and Language Intersections in Special Education, 2022
The purpose of this nonexperimental, quantitative study was to explore the perceptions of educational decision-makers regarding the importance of factors that relate to educational decision-making for racially, ethnically, or linguistically minoritized students who may have disabilities. Further, the researchers explored the relationship between…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Psychologists, Counselor Attitudes, Decision Making
Examining the Cultural Intelligence and Perceptions of Educational Decision-Makers: Factors That Relate to Decision-Making for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Who May Have Disabilities
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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
Transition to Preschool Programs for Young Children with Disabilities
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Malone, Delia G.; Gallagher, Peggy A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing easier transitions and placements of young children with disabilities into Part B preschool special education programs. The authors examined associations between children's referral age and the following factors: (a) level of functioning of the child, (b) educational level of the mother,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children, Referral
Social Policy Solutions to Social Problems.
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Blackman, James A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1996
In response to O'Brien et al., who examined predictors of child outcome among at-risk infants as possible eligibility criteria for early intervention programs, this paper notes that most biological risk factors in infants are not adequately predictive of developmental dysfunction. It stresses that when social problems are the cause of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Environment
The Accuracy of Teacher Prediction of Student Test Performance for Students Referred to Special Education.
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Cullen, Joe; Shaw, Stan – 2000
A survey was conducted of 55 regular classroom teachers who referred students to special education in three Connecticut school systems to determine their predictions of the results of psycho-educational assessment and their perceptions of the instructional relevance of standardized psychological and educational test results. The findings of this…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Special Education Eligibility: Developmental Precursors over the First Three Years of Life.
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La Paro, Karen M.; Olsen, Kristin; Pianta, Robert C. – Exceptional Children, 2002
Analysis of data for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care revealed different prediction models for children (n=5,416). Early home environment, later behavior problems, and children's health problems contributed to identification by medical professionals, while early home environment and socioeconomic status contributed to identification based on…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Child Health, Data Analysis