NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Location
Australia2
Assessments and Surveys
Childhood Autism Rating Scale1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Danielle M. Lang; Emily E. Munn; Claire E. Tielke; Mary G. Nix Caden; Tessa M. Evans; Melissa M. Pangelinan – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
This study evaluated the efficacy of an 8-week (two sessions/week; 60 min/session) adapted soccer intervention on skill performance and retention in 30 adults (18 men and 12 women) ages 17-40 years with autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, and intellectual disability. Of these 30 participants, 18 completed a 1-month retention test. The program…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Team Sports, Skill Development, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Michelle Bellon; Sandra Gendera; Sally Robinson; Tim Cahalan; Karen R. Fisher – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2025
Background: A peer-led self-advocacy group, Our Voice SA, is used as a case study to explore how the social engagement of people with intellectual disability contributed to their self-advocacy about things that are important to them. Method: Secondary analyses of data (interviews, observations and program data) were thematically analysed using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Self Advocacy, Peer Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rillotta, Fiona; Gobec, Charlotte; Gibson-Pope, Cassandra – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2022
Benefits of peer mentoring include learning to collaborate , developing relationships, skill development and career clarity. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of undergraduate university students mentoring a person with intellectual disability as part of their university practicum placement. Using a qualitative approach, peer…
Descriptors: Mentors, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Undergraduate Students
Alhawiti, Ayman Olayan – Online Submission, 2017
From an educational perspective, self-determination is the way that individuals act according to their own decisions. It is characterized by knowing where and when a person should do a certain action without intervention from others. To be self-determined, it is necessary to develop self-regulation skills. Therefore, teaching the…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Self Management, Disabilities, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Rivera, Christopher – Exceptionality, 2015
Mandates such as No Child Left Behind (2001) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004) shifted the emphasis of instruction to include skills that access the general curriculum for students with moderate to severe intellectual disability. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in literacy instruction of teachers…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Comparative Analysis, Literacy Education
Saad, Mourad Ali Eissa – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of phonological awareness intervention programs. Computerized databases, including ERIC, PubMed, ProQuest Education Journals, and SCOPUS, were searched using the following search strategy: ("phonological awareness") AND (impairment OR intervention OR training programme). The…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Intervention, Children, Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kellems, Ryan O.; Mourra, Kjerstin; Morgan, Robert L.; Riesen, Tim; Glasgow, Malinda; Huddleston, Robin – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2016
This article discusses the creation of video modeling (VM) and video prompting (VP) interventions for teaching novel multi-step tasks to individuals with disabilities. This article reviews factors to consider when selecting skills to teach, and students for whom VM/VP may be successful, as well as the difference between VM and VP and circumstances…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Prompting, Cooking Instruction