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Direct linkBallard, Sarah L.; Dymond, Stacy K. – Exceptional Children, 2019
A recommended practice in the field of severe disabilities is involving students in their specialized health care procedures; however, little is known about how this practice is occurring in schools. The purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to understand how secondary-age students with severe disabilities are involved in their…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Student Participation, Secondary School Students, Self Management
Download full textBrock, Matthew E.; Barczak, Mary A.; Anderson, Eric J.; Bordner-Williams, Nichole M. – Exceptional Children, 2021
Existing approaches for training paraeducators rely heavily on intensive one-to-one coaching and may not be feasible in practice. In this study, we test a tiered training model in which all paraeducators first received group training, and then coaching was provided only for the subset who did not meet performance criteria after group training.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Training
Hunt, Pam; Kozleski, Elizabeth; Lee, Jaehoon; Mortier, Kathleen; Fleming, Danielle; Hicks, Tyler; Balasubramanian, Lakshmi; Leu, Grace; Bross, Leslie Ann; Munandar, Vidya; Dunlap, Kristin; Stepaniuk, Inna; Aramburo, Corrine; Oh, Youngha – Exceptional Children, 2020
The purpose of this conceptual replication study was to investigate the efficacy of an early literacy intervention when it was implemented by special educators in general education classrooms with students in the class participating in the lessons. The study was conducted in 16 schools in three states. Eighty students with severe disabilities…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Severe Disabilities
Cannella-Malone, Helen I.; Miller, Olivia; Schaefer, John M.; Jimenez, Eliseo D.; Page, E. Justin; Sabielny, Linsey M. – Exceptional Children, 2016
Recreational activities are an important part of anyone's quality of life, owing to the various benefits of participation (e.g., social, physical). For individuals with significant disabilities, engagement in leisure skills continues to be a low priority in many schools, which can adversely affect the level of school and community membership. This…
Descriptors: Prompting, Video Technology, Leisure Time, Skill Development
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
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
Ivy, Sarah E.; Hatton, Deborah D.; Hooper, Jonathan D. – Exceptional Children, 2014
Students with visual impairment (VI) were taught to request using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and tangible symbols. Participants were four males with additional disabilities, 5 to 11 years old, who had little to no functional vision. A functional relation between PECS Phase 1 and requesting was established using a multiple…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Pictorial Stimuli, Visual Impairments, Communication Strategies
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
Ruppar, Andrea L.; Gaffney, Janet S.; Dymond, Stacy K. – Exceptional Children, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the influences on special education teachers' decisions about literacy for their students with severe disabilities. With the use of multiple case study and grounded theory methodologies, four middle and high school special education teachers were purposefully selected to participate in…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Secondary School Students, Literacy Education, Severe Disabilities
Kleinert, Harold; Towles-Reeves, Elizabeth; Quenemoen, Rachel; Thurlow, Martha; Fluegge, Lauren; Weseman, Laura; Kerbel, Allison – Exceptional Children, 2015
Surveying 15 states and 39,837 students, this study examined the extent to which students who took an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards in the 2010--2011 school year had access to regular education settings and the extent to which that access correlated with expressive communication, use of an augmentative or…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Student Placement, Curriculum, General Education
Carter, Erik W.; Moss, Colleen K.; Hoffman, Alicia; Chung, Yun-Ching; Sisco, Lynn – Exceptional Children, 2011
Current research and policy emphasize providing students with severe disabilities with the supports needed to participate socially and academically within inclusive classrooms. The authors examined the efficacy and acceptability of peer support arrangements as an avenue for promoting the participation of 3 students with severe disabilities in high…
Descriptors: Regular and Special Education Relationship, Peer Relationship, Adolescents, Severe Disabilities
Carter, Erik W.; Ditchman, Nicole; Sun, Ye; Trainor, Audrey A.; Swedeen, Beth; Owens, Laura – Exceptional Children, 2010
Although early work experiences during high school represent one of the most consistent predictors of postschool employment for young adults with disabilities, little is known about how these adolescents might access these valuable transition experiences. This study examined the summer employment and community activities of 136 high school…
Descriptors: Employment, Severe Disabilities, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Stecker, Pamela M. – Exceptional Children, 2010
For nearly 10 years, the response-to-intervention (RTI) policy initiative has engendered enthusiasm at federal, state, and local levels and among various stakeholders. Nevertheless, there are basic and important disagreements about its nature and purpose. The authors describe two groups with contrasting perspectives on RTI in an effort to examine…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Browder, Diane; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Spooner, Fred; Mims, Pamela J.; Baker, Joshua N. – Exceptional Children, 2009
A review of the literature was conducted for articles published between 1975 and 2007 on the application of time delay as an instructional procedure to teach word and picture recognition to students with severe developmental disabilities in an effort to evaluate time delay as an evidence-based practice. A total of 30 experiments were analyzed…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Sight Vocabulary, Developmental Disabilities, Word Recognition
Peer reviewedPowell, T. Hennessy; Hecimovic, Anton – Exceptional Children, 1985
The author reviews quality of life arguments proposed in Baby Doe cases involving severely handicapped infants and views quality of life in terms of six dimensions: educability, relationships, residence, access, technology, and medical considerations. (CL)
Descriptors: Ethics, Euthanasia, Infants, Quality of Life
