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Direct linkAlicia Ramos; Nina Steenberghs; Jeroen Lavrijsen; Luc Goossens; Karine Verschueren – Exceptional Children, 2024
This study examined the diversity in feelings of loneliness among high-ability students. Individual differences (intelligence level, giftedness label, and personality) and differences in the social context (peer acceptance, peer rejection, victimization, and friendship quantity) of adolescents were considered as predictors of loneliness.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Academically Gifted
Lin, Tzu-Jung; Chen, Jing; Justice, Laura M.; Sawyer, Brook – Exceptional Children, 2019
Drawing from a social network perspective, we examined the extent to which children with and without disabilities play with each other in preschool inclusive classrooms and identified malleable child characteristics that would support children forming these cross-status play interactions. A total of 200 children with disabilities and 301 children…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities
Yuan, Chengan; Chen, Liqi – Exceptional Children, 2020
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often have difficulties initiating and maintaining reciprocal conversations with others. In this study, we examined if an interdependent group contingency would improve reciprocal conversation of children with ASD when they were paired as conversational partners. We also assessed children's social…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Communication, Group Activities
Download full textHume, Kara; Odom, Samuel L.; Steinbrenner, Jessica R.; Smith DaWalt, Leann; Hall, Laura J.; Kraemer, Bonnie; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Brum, Christopher; Szidon, Kate; Bolt, Daniel M. – Exceptional Children, 2022
We tested the efficacy of a comprehensive intervention program designed for high school students across the autism spectrum, the Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism (CSESA) model, in a cluster randomized control trial involving 60 high schools in three states (California, North Carolina, Wisconsin), with implementation occurring…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Adolescents
Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Carter, Erik W.; Bumble, Jennifer L.; Barnes, Kelli; Mazur, Erica L. – Exceptional Children, 2018
Educators need effective ways to build the communication skills of students learning to use aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and support their interactions with peers. This study used a multiple-probe-across-participants design to evaluate the effectiveness of a paraprofessional-facilitated peer network intervention to (a)…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Kozleski, Elizabeth B.; Hunt, Pam; Mortier, Kathleen; Stepaniuk, Inna; Fleming, Danielle; Balasubramanian, Lakshmi; Leu, Grace; Munandar, Vidya – Exceptional Children, 2021
This social validity study accompanied a 9-month randomized control trial that investigated the efficacy of an emergent literacy program, Early Literacy Skills Builder (ELSB), delivered in general education elementary classrooms to students with severe disabilities, including autism. The social validity research questions focused on (a) the social…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Elementary School Students, Inclusion
Brock, Matthew E.; Carter, Erik W. – Exceptional Children, 2016
Although peer support arrangements are a promising strategy to promote inclusion in general education classrooms, previous studies have not addressed how paraprofessionals might implement this strategy under typical circumstances without extensive researcher involvement. In this single-case design study, four special education teachers trained and…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Peer Relationship, Program Implementation, Special Education Teachers
Hochman, Julia M.; Carter, Erik W.; Bottema-Beutel, Kristen; Harvey, Michelle N.; Gustafson, Jenny R. – Exceptional Children, 2015
Although peer interaction takes on increased salience during adolescence, such social connections remain elusive for many high school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This social isolation can be particularly prevalent within unstructured school contexts. In this study, we examined the effects of a lunchtime peer network intervention…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, High School Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Feldman, Rebecca; Carter, Erik W.; Asmus, Jennifer; Brock, Matthew E. – Exceptional Children, 2016
The authors conducted 324 full-class-length observations of 108 high school students with severe disabilities in general education classes, focusing analyses on how often students were present during class and in proximity to peers without disabilities. Students were not present for a substantial proportion of the classes in which they were…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, High School Students, Mainstreaming, Inclusion
Ryoo, Ji Hoon; Wang, Cixin; Swearer, Susan M.; Park, Sunhee – Exceptional Children, 2017
To examine the experiences of victimization and bullying among gifted students and their general education peers, we applied a latent transition analysis with longitudinal data from 299 gifted and 689 general education students (fifth to ninth graders). We identified 4 latent statuses for victimization (4.8%-5.2%, frequent victims; 7.4%-12.2%,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Transitional Programs, Academically Gifted
Wolters, Nina; Knoors, Harry; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Exceptional Children, 2014
This study examined the peer relationships and social behaviors of deaf adolescents in the first 2 years of secondary school. Peer nominations and ratings of peer status and behavior were collected longitudinally with 74 deaf and 271 hearing adolescents from Grade 7 to Grade 8. The predictions of deaf adolescents' peer status in Grade 8 from Grade…
Descriptors: Deafness, Withdrawal (Psychology), Prosocial Behavior, Special Education
Pham, Yen K.; Murray, Christopher – Exceptional Children, 2016
This exploratory study investigated linkages between parent, peer, teacher, and mentor relationships and adjustment among adolescents with disabilities. The sample included 228 high school students with disabilities (65% male, 50% White) across four states. Overall findings indicate that students' social relationships were significantly associated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
Carter, Erik W.; Asmus, Jennifer; Moss, Colleen K.; Biggs, Elizabeth E.; Bolt, Dan M.; Born, Tiffany L.; Brock, Matthew E.; Cattey, Gillian N.; Chen, Rui; Cooney, Molly; Fesperman, Ethan; Hochman, Julia M.; Huber, Heartley B.; Lequia, Jenna L.; Lyons, Gregory; Moyseenko, Kerrie A.; Riesch, Lindsay M.; Shalev, Rebecca A.; Vincent, Lori B.; Weir, Katie – Exceptional Children, 2016
Enhancing the social and learning experiences of students with severe disabilities in inclusive classrooms has been a long-standing focus of research, legislative, and advocacy efforts. The authors used a randomized controlled experimental design to examine the efficacy of peer support arrangements to improve academic and social outcomes for 51…
Descriptors: High School Students, Severe Disabilities, Randomized Controlled Trials, Peer Relationship
Farmer, Thomas W.; Leung, Man-Chi; Weiss, Margaret P.; Irvin, Matthew J.; Meece, Judith L.; Hutchins, Bryan C. – Exceptional Children, 2011
This study examined social network centrality (i.e., social salience, peer group linkages) and peer affiliations in 20 rural high schools across the United States. The total sample consisted of 1,672 students in Grades 9 to 12, including 164 students with disabilities (69 females). In comparison to their peers without disabilities, students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Peer Groups, Social Networks, Rural Schools
Hartley, Michael T.; Bauman, Sheri; Nixon, Charisse L.; Davis, Stan – Exceptional Children, 2015
Research on bullying is an important avenue for understanding the social integration of students in special education. Focused on 3,305 students who self-reported victimization of two to three times per month or more, this study compared the pattern of verbal, relational, and physical bullying among students in general education and special…
Descriptors: Bullying, Social Integration, Victims, Special Education
