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Okpara, Nnenna – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In the early 1990s, the educational system in the U.S. began to change with the advent of publicly-operated charter schools. In recent years, there has been a surge in parents opting for this type of alternative educational setting to meet the needs of their students. This increase in enrollment did not preclude students with disabilities. This…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Charter Schools, Administrators, Administrator Surveys
Rua M. Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Executive functions (EF) are a collection of cognitive domains governing task initiation, motor planning, attention, and goal-oriented action. Difficulties with EF have marked impacts on adaptive living skills, learning outcomes, and quality of life for people with cognitive and psychosocial disabilities, as well as the broader population. While…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Executive Function, Metacognition, Disabilities
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Kim, JaeRan; Sellmaier, Claudia – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
The role of social work education is to prepare students to work with individuals, families, and communities, many of whom have one or more disabilities. Yet most social work programs include limited disability-specific content in their programs, and with a deficit-model focus. Recent changes in the National Association of Social Workers Code of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Disabilities, Educational Change
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Cook, Bryan G.; Cook, Lysandra – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2017
Special educators are urged to use research findings to inform their instruction in order to improve student outcomes. However, it can be difficult to tell whether and how research findings apply to one's own students. In this article, we discuss how special educators can consider the samples and the sampling methods in studies to examine the…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Educational Research, Research Utilization, Teaching Methods
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Brillante, Pamela; Nemeth, Karen N. – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2017
Challenging behaviors in young children can result from a variety of factors that may interact to make it difficult for teachers to find effective instructional solutions. The authors of this article provide an overview of research that focuses on understanding challenging behavior in young children. It describes a research-based model, the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Students, Disabilities, Behavior Problems
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Lohmann, Marla J.; Hovey, Katrina A.; Gauvreau, Ariane N. – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2018
In order to meet the needs of young children, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) recommends teachers utilize developmentally appropriate practice, DAP. For young children with disabilities, teachers must also utilize the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) Recommended practices, evidence-based teaching practices…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Learner Engagement
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Reddington, Sarah; Price, Deborah – International Journal of Special Education, 2018
In advancing educational inclusion efforts this critical position paper makes explicit the relevance of new materialism as a pedagogy to counter the dominant special education models in Canadian and Australian school contexts. This paper argues the implementation of special education policies and programs do not adequately address the complexity…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Agenda Setting, Child Advocacy, Inclusion
Davis, Mary B. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This quantitative dissertation examined the differences in special education teacher preparation programs and their association with novice teachers' self-efficacy in the areas of classroom management, student engagement, and instructional strategies while teaching students with moderate to severe disabilities. Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy's…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers
Dinaro, Andrea P. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This dissertation reports the results of a mixed methods study examining the perceptions of Illinois Directors of Special Education (DOSE) about concepts in Disability Studies in Education (DSE): Disability Civil Rights, Authentic Disability Voice, Inclusive Practices, and Competency/Capability/Supports-Oriented Approaches. In an online survey, 64…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Special Education, Civil Rights, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Israel, Maya; Ray, Meg J.; Maa, Wendy C.; Jeong, Ga Kyung; Lee, Chung Eun; Lash, Todd; Do, Virginie – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2018
As school districts implement initiatives that bring computer science (CS) to academically diverse K-12 schools, they face heightened demands for supporting teachers in meeting the needs of a broad range of learners. However, limited knowledge exists about pedagogical approaches to teaching CS, especially to students with disabilities. This paper…
Descriptors: School Districts, Coaching (Performance), Computer Science Education, Elementary School Students
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Alter, Margaret M.; Borrero, John C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015
Stimulus equivalence procedures have been used to teach course material in higher education in the laboratory and in the classroom. The current study was a systematic replication of Walker, Rehfeldt, and Ninness (2010), who used a stimulus equivalence procedure to train information pertaining to 12 disorders. Specifically, we conducted (a) a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Disabilities, Stimuli
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Alammary, Jaflah; Al-Haiki, Fatima; Al-Muqahwi, Kawther – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2017
Assistive Technology is playing an enabler role in the life of Down Syndrome. Assistive Technology can allow Down Syndrome to engage in the normal life activities and be more social and independent. The Arab countries are providing vital effort on facilitating the life of Down Syndrome and encouraging their engagement in normal social life.…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Down Syndrome, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Gross, Trudy Ruth – ProQuest LLC, 2017
By participating within the educational setting in making decisions about their lives that reach beyond choice-making, students with disabilities who acquire the skills of self-determination may express interests and goals through their own authentic voice. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe the experiences and…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Student Participation, Individualized Education Programs, High School Students
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Kashinath, Shubha; Coston, Jade; Woods, Juliann – Young Exceptional Children, 2015
On any given day, early intervention (EI) providers must manage the individual needs of children with a range of disabilities in a variety of contexts and with varying caregiver/family priorities. Recommended and evidence-based practices as defined by Part C policy (Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 2004) and the Division…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Models, Early Intervention, Student Needs
Forte, Ellen – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2017
Large-scale academic assessments have played a dominant role in U.S. federal and state education policies over the past couple of decades. Among the many validity issues that presently concern test users is the evaluation of alignment among large-scale assessments and the academic content and performance standards on which they are based. This…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Measurement, Academic Standards, Educational Policy
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