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The Views of Special Education Parents: Schooling Experiences and Opinions during the COVID-19 Pandemic--A National Polling Report [November 2021]
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EdChoice, 2021
Unless otherwise noted, data and charts are based on surveys conducted between July 14 and October 16, 2021 among a sample of 1,007 special education parents and 3,648 non-special needs parents. The interviews were administered online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of parents based on gender, educational attainment, age,…
Descriptors: Parents, Special Education, Control Groups, Opinions
Using a Core Vocabulary Intervention to Improve Communication of Students Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
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Riccelli-Sherman, Angela – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study measured the impact of core vocabulary selection and core vocabulary use on overall communication effectiveness and literacy. In this study, 30 kindergarten special education students, both male and female, who were enrolled in the Developmental Kindergarten program (a self-contained special education classroom) and Inclusive…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Assistive Technology, Language Impairments, Intervention
The Effectiveness of Using Group Story-Mapping Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension of Students with Learning Disabilities
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Alturki, Nada – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of using group story-mapping of English as a second language (ESL) on students with learning disability while reading comprehension. The researcher focused on a specific graphic organizer in this study, called group story-mapping. This strategy required students with learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities
The Effects of Using the Transition Planning Inventory and a Structured IEP Process as a Transition Planning Intervention on IEP Meeting Outcomes
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Rehfeldt, Jason D.; Clark, Gary M.; Lee, Steven W. – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
This study examined two areas. First, the authors looked at whether secondary individualized education program (IEP) teams who used the "Transition Planning Inventory" (TPI) in conjunction with a structured IEP meeting that based discussions and decisions on TPI data as a planning intervention generated significantly more…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Instruction
A Well Walked Path to Program Efficacy: The Details Tell the Story
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Bruder, Mary Beth – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2011
When the author attended an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting for the 3-year-old son of a friend, she met a preschool service delivery team that was struggling to design interventions for a growing population of children being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It is within the context of this struggle that she was so…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Early Intervention, Individualized Education Programs
Curriculum-References, Time-Series Program Evaluation.
White, Owen R. – 1978
Traditionally, the use of control groups, regression discontinuity/projection, or norm referenced models has been advocated for educational program evaluation. The small numbers of and the heterogeneous characteristics of severely and profoundly handicapped make these evaluation methods inappropriate for this population subgroup. Furthermore, no…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Control Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods