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Grenier, Michelle; Patey, Matthew J.; Grenier-Burtis, Martine – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
The purpose of this research was to examine the pedagogical practices that encourage students with severe disabilities' participation in an elementary physical education program through the lens of ableism. Focus group interviews were conducted with elementary students and semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight educators in the…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Inclusion, Adapted Physical Education
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Burns, Matthew K.; Maki, Kathrin E.; Brann, Kristy L.; McComas, Jennifer J.; Helman, Lori A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
This study compared the reading growth of students with and without learning disabilities, and students with and without reading deficits in response to tier 2 reading interventions within a response-to-intervention framework. Participants were 499 second- and third-grade students in six urban schools. Students who scored at or below the 10th…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Skill Development
Wesley O'hara Little – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how special education teachers describe selecting and applying differentiated instructional strategies for students with mild, moderate, to severe disabilities in self-contained classrooms within a school district in Arizona. Jean Piaget's social constructivism theory and Carol Ann…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Individualized Instruction, Self Contained Classrooms, Teaching Methods
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Price, Johanna R.; Lacey, Emily A.; Weaver, Virginia L.; Ogletree, Billy T. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
Students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) may have difficulties with writing despite average or above-average intellectual ability. We designed an intervention strategy (Draw, Sentence, Detail, Check) to improve the ability of an 8-year-old with HFASD to write elaborated sentences in response to written prompts. We…
Descriptors: Intervention, Sentences, Sentence Structure, Cues
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van Bergen, Elsje; de Jong, Peter F.; Plakas, Anna; Maassen, Ben; van der Leij, Aryan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: The present study concerns literacy and its underlying cognitive skills in Dutch children who differ in familial risk (FR) for dyslexia. Previous studies with FR-children were inconclusive regarding the performance of FR-children without dyslexia as compared to the controls. Moreover, van Bergen et al. (2011) recently showed that…
Descriptors: Phonology, Dyslexia, Grade 2, Reading Skills
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Alant, Erna; Champion, Annette; Peabody, Erin Colone – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2013
This study grew from a need identified by professionals working in the same community to explore interagency support for augmentative and alternative communication device implementation with students, families, and professionals involving the local school system and university. A case study was used to document intervention with a second-grade…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Expressive Language, Delayed Speech