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Reading Instruction in Secondary Day Treatment and Residential Schools for Youth with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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Wilkerson, Kimber L.; Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Melekoglu, Macid Ayhan; Cakiroglu, Orhan – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
This study was designed to obtain the first national picture of the characteristics of special educators who provide reading or English instruction in secondary day treatment and residential schools for youth with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) as well as their approach to reading instruction. Also, information was collected concerning…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Behavior Disorders, Special Education Teachers, English Teachers
Assessment and Accountability in Public and Private Secondary Day Treatment and Residential Schools for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Maccini, Paula; Haydon, Todd – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2011
Despite the national emphasis on assessment and accountability for student learning, it is unclear whether day treatment and residential schools are participating in current reform efforts. On average, responding principals reported that 87% of students participated in state assessments. Although 80% of schools use local education agency or state…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Learning Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
State-Level Curricular, Assessment, and Accountability Policies, Practices, and Philosophies for Exclusionary School Settings
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin – Journal of Special Education, 2010
The purpose of the current study was to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of state-level policies and practices concerning youth with disabilities in secondary day treatment and residential (DTR) schools, as well as juvenile correctional (JC) schools for committed youth. A survey of state directors of special education or their designees…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Accountability, Educational Practices, State Standards
Secondary Psychiatric Schools: Characteristics and Approaches to Curriculum
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Van Loan, Christopher L.; Barber, Brian R. – Preventing School Failure, 2011
This study focused on approaches to curriculum, as well as school, principal, and student characteristics in secondary day treatment and residential psychiatric schools. A national random sample of 148 principals responded to a survey. No statistically significant differences existed between respondent and nonrespondent schools with regard to…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Disabilities, Instructional Materials, Student Characteristics
Elementary Day and Residential Schools for Children With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Characteristics and Entrance and Exit Policies
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Leone, Peter E. – Remedial and Special Education, 2005
Limited information exists about treatment programs for children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in the elementary grades. This national study provides a description of first-through sixth-grade day treatment and residential schools for students with EBD in two areas: (a) characteristics of schools (e.g., philosophy, accreditation,…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Residential Schools, Principals, Behavior Disorders
Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability in Day Treatment and Residential Schools
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; McLaughlin, Margaret J. – Exceptional Children, 2004
This study determined school-level curricular, assessment, and accountability policies and practices in private and public day treatment and residential schools for elementary-age children with emotional or behavioral disorders (E/BD). A national random sample of 271 (56.45%) principals and 229 (47.70%) teachers responded to a mail survey. No…
Descriptors: State Standards, Residential Schools, Principals, Mail Surveys
Educational Accountability in Day Treatment and Residential Schools for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Report on a National Survey. EPRRI Issue Brief Three.
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Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; McLaughlin, Margaret J.; Leone, Peter – 2003
This issue brief reports on accountability policies and practices for elementary students with emotional and behavioral disorders in private and public day treatment and residential schools. Between January 2001 and March 2002, a study was conducted of these schools, gathering responses from 271 principals and 229 teachers. Major findings…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Behavior Disorders, Curriculum Evaluation