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Capen, Mary Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative semi-structured open-ended protocol research study provided information on middle school general educators' perceptions of barriers impeding completion of training on the FBA/PBIP, and the methods they perceived that could remove the barriers from the perspective of general educators as self-directed adult learners. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Qualitative Research
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Cheney, Douglas; Jewell, Kelly – Advances in Special Education (MS), 2012
The 1990 reauthorization of PL 94-142, the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), emphasized the need for applied research in schools to prevent the development of emotional disturbance. Prevention research then led to mandates in IDEA 1997 that schools must develop positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) for children and youth…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Educational Objectives
Mustian, April Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Disproportionality has been a persistent problem in special education for decades. Despite mandates outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004), African American students continue to be disproportionately represented in the Emotional Disturbance (ED) category in special education (e.g., Skiba,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Race, Discipline, General Education
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Fitzgerald, Terence D. – Urban Education, 2009
Public schools have historically embedded mechanisms for control within their policies and procedures through a variety of means. This article investigates a moderately sized integrated public school system in an upscale to low socioeconomic Big Ten university community in Illinois. Through descriptive measures, the author examines the racial…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Social Control, Disabilities, Social Structure