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Lisa B. Hurwitz; Kirk P. Vanacore – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Experts laud the potential of educational technology (edtech) to promote reading among students with disabilities, but supporting evidence is lacking. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Lexia® Core5® Reading edtech program (Core5) on the Measures of Academic Progress® (MAP) Growth Reading™ and easyCBM oral reading fluency performance of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Reading Difficulties
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Hampshire, Patricia Korzekwa; Crawford, Michael; Sawyer, Mali – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2023
Since its inception, special education has historically been an underfunded federal mandate leaving states and school districts unable to offer more than a basic level of support for individuals with disabilities. The amount and frequency of time allotted for special services including Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy is…
Descriptors: Special Education, Elementary School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Coogle, Christan Grygas; Storie, Sloan; Ottley, Jennifer R.; Rahn, Naomi L.; Kurowski-Burt, Amy – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2021
We investigated the effect of real-time technology-enhanced performance-based feedback delivered during three different routines on teacher practice and child outcomes. Participants were three early childhood special education teachers and three focus preschool children identified with autism spectrum disorder. We used a multiple-probe single-case…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Preschool Teachers
National Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd, 2020
To successfully launch the 2020-2021 school year for students with disabilities, state education agencies (SEAs) have an essential leadership role to play in supporting local school systems to plan for multiple scenarios, including services delivered in-person, through distance learning, and via blended approaches. There are two overarching…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, State Departments of Education, Leadership Role, School Districts
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Main, Susan; O'Rourke, John; Morris, Julia; Dunjey, Helen – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
The way in which technologies support students with disability has been widely explored in recent times. Much of this research has focused on computer programs specifically designed to teach social and academic skills to students with disability. In the research reported in this paper we examined how students with disability could use technology…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Disabilities, Technology Uses in Education
Dupree, Almecia – Online Submission, 2016
Problem: Many inequities frequently have been found to exist in representations of students and access to school programs in public schools. Theory: The purpose of this equity audit is to utilize theoretical positioning and conduct an empirical study involving student representations and access to educational opportunities. The audit focuses on…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Equal Education, Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs
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Simmons, Kate D.; Carpenter, Laura B. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2010
Successful writers have proficient skills in three areas: handwriting, spelling and composition. Many students with disabilities experience difficulties in the area of spelling, which in turn may lead to difficulty in composing written work. Spelling deficits should be addressed by the student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) team to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Spelling, Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities
Minahan, Jessica – Harvard Education Press, 2014
Since its publication in 2012, "The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students" has helped countless classroom teachers, special educators, and others implement an effective, new approach to teaching focused on skill-building, practical interventions, and purposeful, positive interactions…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Anxiety Disorders
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Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Test, David W.; Wood, Charles L.; Richter, Sharon – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
Enhancing students' ability to make informed choices is an important precursor to successful choice-making, decision-making, and goal-setting. This study used a multiple-baseline design across behaviors replicated across participants to examine the effects of computer-assisted instruction on acquisition of students' knowledge of postschool options…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Intervention
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Parette, Howard P.; Peterson-Karlan, George R. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
This article discusses an evolving understanding of the relationship of assistive technology (AT) to student achievement. Clarifying the compensatory nature of AT and its role in creating a "floor of opportunity" for students with disabilities, the authors then emphasize the importance of AT for access to and productivity within both the life…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Academic Achievement, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Technology
Jones, Carroll J. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2010
Many teachers of students with mild disabilities experience difficulty writing IEPs, and they lack a foundation in the regular education curriculum of academic skills and sequences associated with each grade level. This book was designed to provide this foundation. Presented in the form of scope and sequence charts that can be used as objectives…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Speech Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Mild Disabilities