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Teaching Soft Skills to Students with Disabilities with Upgrade Your Performance
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Clark, Kelly A.; Test, David W.; Konrad, Moira – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Post-school employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities continue to be inadequate when compared to their peers without disabilities (Newman et al., 2011). One barrier to employment for individuals with disabilities is a lack of employment "soft skills" (Riesen, Morgan, Schutlz, & Kupferman, 2014), such as punctuality and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Skill Development, Employment Qualifications, Secondary School Students
Implementation and Strategies to Address Sensory Regulation of Students with and without Disabilities in Two Kindergarten Classrooms
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Mere-Cook, Yvette – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Results from previous research studies suggest that inclusive settings benefit all learners. However, general education teachers often do not have built in supports within the classroom to meet the needs of students with disabilities. Implementing a sensory diet curriculum (SDC) is one instructional practice that addresses needs of students with…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Disabilities, Sensory Experience
Math Intervention Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Student Achievement
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Waller, Lisa Ivey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research investigated the relationship of math intervention teachers' (MITs) pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and students' math achievement gains in primary math interventions. The Kentucky Center for Mathematics gathered data on the MITs and primary math intervention students included in this study. Longitudinal data were analyzed for a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Intervention, Mathematics Achievement
The Effects of Self-Monitoring with a MotivAider[R] on the On-Task Behavior of Fifth and Sixth Graders with Autism and Other Disabilities
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Legge, Dina Boccuzzi; DeBar, Ruth M.; Alber-Morgan, Sheila R. – Journal of Behavior Assessment and Intervention in Children, 2010
This study examined the effects of self-monitoring on the on-task behavior of three fifth and sixth grade boys with autism and other disabilities. While completing math assignments independently, the students wore an electronic device called a MotivAider[R] that vibrated at pre-set time schedules prompting the students to self-record whether or…
Descriptors: Self Management, Autism, Grade 6, Grade 5
Response Cards: An Effective Intervention for Students with Disabilities
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Horn, Channon – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
In this review of literature, the author analyzed published research to determine the effectiveness of response card strategies on students with disabilities. The author determined that response cards are effective in increasing the number of opportunities that students respond, increasing the number of correct responses, increasing on-task…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Cues, Responses
Improving On-Task Behavior Using a Functional Assessment-Based Intervention in an Inclusive High School Setting
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Majeika, Caitlyn E.; Walder, Jessica P.; Hubbard, Jessica P.; Steeb, Kelly M.; Ferris, Geoffrey J.; Oakes, Wendy P.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Beyond Behavior, 2011
A comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered model (CI3T) of prevention is a framework for proactively meeting students' academic, behavioral, and social skills. At the tertiary (Tier 3) level of prevention, functional-assessment based interventions (FABIs) may be used to identify, develop, and implement supports based on the function, or purpose, of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Assistant Principals, High School Students, Student Behavior
Using a Random Dependent Group Contingency to Increase On-Task Behaviors of High School Students with High Incidence Disabilities
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Williamson, Brenda D.; Campbell-Whatley, Gloria D.; Lo, Ya-yu – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Group contingencies have the advantages of encouraging individual students to collectively feel responsible for appropriate and inappropriate classroom behaviors and have shown effectiveness in improving students' behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a random dependent group contingency on the on-task behaviors of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Behavior, Disabilities, Contingency Management