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Direct linkSiu, Michelle T.; Goodman, Sarah J.; Yellan, Isaac; Butcher, Darci T.; Jangjoo, Maryam; Grafodatskaya, Daria; Rajendram, Rageen; Lou, Youliang; Zhang, Rujun; Zhao, Chunhua; Nicolson, Rob; Georgiades, Stelios; Szatmari, Peter; Scherer, Stephen W.; Roberts, Wendy; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Weksberg, Rosanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Many neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) share common learning and behavioural impairments, as well as features such as dysregulation of the oxytocin hormone. Here, we examined DNA methylation (DNAm) in the 1st intron of the oxytocin receptor gene, "OXTR," in patients with autism spectrum (ASD), attention deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD)…
Descriptors: Genetics, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Biochemistry
Download full textMoore, Joann L.; Schnieders, Joyce Z. – ACT, Inc., 2022
This study examined the performance, demographics, and contextual factors of students taking the ACT® test with accommodations compared to students taking the ACT without accommodations. We examined the prevalence of accommodations provided and disability categories as well as performance by disability type. We also examined demographic…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, College Entrance Examinations, Context Effect, Student Characteristics
Lambert, Matthew C.; Garcia, Allen G.; Epstein, Michael H.; Cullinan, Douglas – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2018
The present study examined the psychometric properties of a universal screening instrument called the Emotional and Behavioral Screener (EBS), which is designed to identify students exhibiting emotional and behavioral problems. The primary purposes of this study were to assess the measurement invariance of EBS items between Caucasian and…
Descriptors: Test Bias, White Students, African American Students, Elementary School Students
Hovey, Katrina A.; Zolkoski, Staci M.; Bullock, Lyndal M. – World Journal of Education, 2017
Children and youth with mental health issues and learning difficulties are common in the juvenile justice system and finding ways to effectively rehabilitate, treat, and educate them is complicated, yet imperative. In this article, we examine the prevalence rates of mental health disorders in youth involved in the juvenile justice system, discuss…
Descriptors: Children, Youth, Mental Disorders, Juvenile Justice
Barrett, David E.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Behavioral Disorders, 2015
Using large-sample, archival data from the state of South Carolina's juvenile justice agency, we examine the question of race differences in predictors of repeat offending for a sample of approximately 100,000 youth who had been referred for criminal offenses. Independent variables relating to background, adverse parenting, mental health,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Archives, Juvenile Justice, Racial Differences
Rojewski, Jay W.; Lee, In Heok; Gregg, Noel – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2014
A longitudinal sample from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 was used to determine differences in work outcomes between (a) individuals with learning disabilities or emotional-behavior disorders and (b) individuals with or without disabilities. Twelve factors were arranged into individual, family, school-peer, and community categories.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Learning Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Barrett, David E.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Zhang, Dalun; Zhang, Dake – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014
The authors examined the role of early adverse experiences, mental health problems, and disabilities in the prediction of juvenile delinquency and recidivism, using a matched-control group design. The delinquent group comprised 99,602 youth, born between 1981 and 1988, whose cases had been processed by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Recidivism, Disabilities, Mental Disorders
Robinson, Stephanie; Curwen, Tracey; Ryan, Thomas G. – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
This review includes empirical peer-reviewed articles which support the examination of Asperger's Disorder and co-morbid disorders, as well as an analysis of how adolescents with Asperger's Disorder transition to adulthood. Although the focus was on Asperger's Disorder, some studies include Autism Spectrum Disorder samples. It was found that…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Independent Living, Anxiety Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Rojewski, Jay W.; Lee, In Heok; Gregg, Noel; Gemici, Sinan – Exceptional Children, 2012
This study analyzed the longitudinal development of occupational aspiration prestige scores over a 12-year period (Grade 8 to 8 years postsecondary) to better understand this aspect of career choice from adolescence into adulthood for people with high-incidence disabilities. A curvilinear trajectory was detected where aspirations increased during…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Disabilities, Occupational Aspiration, High School Students
Initial and Over-Time Effects of Fluency Interventions for Students with or at Risk for Disabilities
Morgan, Paul L.; Sideridis, Georgios; Hua, Youjia – Journal of Special Education, 2012
The authors sought to (a) identify interventions that immediately increased the oral reading fluency of students with or at risk for disabilities, (b) estimate to what extent these gains maintained over time, and (c) evaluate whether particular characteristics of students (e.g., gender, disability status) predicted their response to fluency…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Visual Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
Assessing the Transition-Related Strengths and Needs of Adolescents with High-Incidence Disabilities
Carter, Erik W.; Trainor, Audrey A.; Sun, Ye; Owens, Laura – Exceptional Children, 2009
Although meaningful assessment is considered the cornerstone of transition planning, little empirical guidance is available to inform this assessment process. This study examined the transition-related strengths and needs of 160 students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD) or learning disabilities (LD) from the perspectives of special…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Evaluation, Individualized Transition Plans
Blood, Gordon W.; Blood, Ingrid; Kreiger, Jennifer; O'Connor, Shelah; Qualls, Constance Dean – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2009
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the influence of racial and ethnic backgrounds in children who stutter (CWS) with 18 specific coexisting disorders. A sample of 1,184 speech-language pathologists responded to a detailed questionnaire designed to answer questions about the type and prevalence of coexisting disorders in 2,535 CWS.…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Racial Factors, Stuttering, At Risk Students
Johnson, Cinda – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2008
States in the U.S. are required to provide transition services to young people in special education to increase the likelihood of positive post-school outcomes (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990, IDEA, amended 1997). Fourteen years later the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 strengthened transition…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Program Effectiveness
Dietz, Samantha; Montague, Marjorie – Exceptionality, 2006
This study examined in depth a group of adolescents (n = 12) who were identified as having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The group was identified as part of a longitudinal study of students who were screened in primary school as at risk for developing emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and peers who were identified as not…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Gender Differences, Hyperactivity
Kauffman, James M., Ed.; Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Special education is now an established part of public education in the United States--by law and by custom. However, it is still widely misunderstood and continues to be dogged by controversies related to such things as categorization, grouping, assessment, placement, funding, instruction, and a variety of legal issues. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, Educational Research, Research Design
