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The Relationship between Severity of Disability and Segregated Placements for Students with Complex Support Needs
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Jennifer A. Kurth; Tyler A. Hicks; Karrie A. Shogren; Alison L. Zagona; J. Matt Jameson; Lewis Jackson; Martin Agran; Diane Ryndak – Journal of Special Education, 2025
Most students with complex support needs are taught in separate special education classrooms; one reason is teams that inappropriately use the intensity of support needs as the basis for placement in more restrictive placements. This study used Bayesian multilevel modeling to determine whether the intensity of student support needs predicted…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Severity (of Disability), Student Placement, Student Needs
Impact of Educational Placement on the Goal Attainment Outcomes of K-6 Students with Complex Needs across Academic and Social-Behavioral-Communication Domains
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Karrie A. Shogren; Tyler A. Hicks; Jennifer A. Kurth – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Students with complex support needs have intense and frequent support needs for learning and participating across multiple domains. Addressing those needs in a comprehensive manner is the purpose of special education, which is accomplished through instructional and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals. Yet simply setting goals is…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Student Placement, Special Education
Educators' Perceptions on the Involvement of Students with Complex Support Needs in PBIS: The Role of Educational Placement
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Alison L. Zagona; Motoaki Hara; Sheldon Loman; Jennifer A. Kurth; Virginia L. Walker – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2025
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based practice that promotes positive academic and behavioral outcomes for all students and is intended to support the needs of all students across three tiers of support. However, research suggests students with complex support needs have limited access to Tier 1 PBIS. Teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Needs, Student Placement
Quality of IEPs for Students with Complex Support Needs: Is There Alignment across IEP Components?
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Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Daria Gerasimova; Tyler A. Hicks; Alison Zagona; Kirsten Lansey; Mary Curran Mansouri; J. Matt Jameson; Roxanne Loyless – Exceptionality, 2025
Educators and families develop individualized education programs (IEPs) to address unique needs of individual students with disabilities. Addressing all student needs is critical to ensuring students receive a free and appropriate public education. To understand how IEP teams address the needs of students with complex support needs, we examined…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Teamwork
Predicting the Frequency and Significance of Social Contacts across Placements: A Bayesian Multilevel Model Analysis
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Matt Jameson; Tyler Hicks; Kirsten Lansey; Jennifer A. Kurth; Lewis Jackson; Alison L. Zagona; Kristin Burnette; Marty Agran; Karrie Shogren; Jesse Pace; Dasha Gerasimova – Grantee Submission, 2022
Parents and teachers have identified the social inclusion of students with complex support needs as one of the most important components of school participation. Previous research has found that the opportunities for, and importance of, social contacts for students with complex support needs vary by educational placement. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Prediction, Elementary School Students, Special Needs Students, Social Networks
Predicting the Frequency and Significance of Social Contacts across Placements: A Bayesian Multilevel Model Analysis
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J. Matt Jameson; Tyler Hicks; Kirsten Lansey; Jennifer A. Kurth; Lewis Jackson; Alison L. Zagona; Kristin Burnette; Marty Agran; Karrie Shogren; Jesse Pace – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2022
Parents and teachers have identified the social inclusion of students with complex support needs as one of the most important components of school participation. Previous research has found that the opportunities for, and importance of, social contacts for students with complex support needs vary by educational placement. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Prediction, Elementary School Students, Special Needs Students, Social Networks
Experiences of Elementary Students with Complex Support Needs in Segregated Special Education Classrooms: A Mixed Methods Study
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Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Alison L. Zagona; Geonhwa Kim; Roxanne Loyless – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2025
Over 90% of students with complex support needs are taught in self-contained (segregated) special education classrooms for most of their school day, despite accumulating evidence these classrooms are not associated with positive student outcomes. Yet placement in these segregated classrooms persists, in part because of assumptions about the degree…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities, Self Contained Classrooms, Special Education
Analysis of Literacy Content in IEPs of Students with Complex Support Needs
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Alison L. Zagona; Kirsten R. Lansey; Jennifer A. Kurth; Roxanne Loyless; Elizabeth A. Stevens – Journal of Special Education, 2024
The Individualized Education Program (IEP) should include a summary of the student's current skills and needs as well as annual goals that support their progress in the general education curriculum; however, IEPs for students with complex support needs may be missing required information. We investigated IEP goals and Present Levels of Academic…
Descriptors: Special Education, Individualized Education Programs, Special Needs Students, Students with Disabilities
An Investigation of IEP Quality Associated with Special Education Placement for Students with Complex Support Needs
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Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Daria Gerasimova; Tyler A. Hicks; Alison Zagona; Kirsten Lansey; Mary Curran Mansouri; Kristin J. Lyon; Matt Jameson; Roxanne Loyless; Jesse R. Pace – Grantee Submission, 2022
Students with complex support needs require individualized education programs (IEPs) to describe their present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP), and the annual goals and supplementary aids and services (SAS) that will be provided to enable them to make progress in the least restrictive environment. Previous…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Student Placement, Special Needs Students, Special Education
An Investigation of IEP Quality Associated with Special Education Placement for Students with Complex Support Needs
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Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Daria Gerasimova; Tyler A. Hicks; Alison Zagona; Kirsten Lansey; Mary Curran Mansouri; Kristin J. Lyon; Matt Jameson; Roxanne Loyless; Jesse R. Pace – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2022
Students with complex support needs require individualized education programs (IEPs) to describe their present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP), and the annual goals and supplementary aids and services (SAS) that will be provided to enable them to make progress in the least restrictive environment. Previous…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Student Placement, Special Needs Students, Special Education
Ecobehavioral Analysis of the Experiences of Students with Complex Support Needs in Different Classroom Types
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Alison L. Zagona; Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Jesse Pace; Karrie Shogren; Kirsten Lansey; Matt Jameson; Kristin Burnette; Mary Mansouri; Tyler Hicks; Daria Gerasimova – Grantee Submission, 2022
Students with complex support needs frequently experience restrictive educational placements such as self-contained and separate school classrooms. Given the need to support students with complex support needs to experience positive outcomes and make progress in the general education curriculum, there is a need to investigate the characteristics…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Student Placement, Student Behavior
Ecobehavioral Analysis of the Experiences of Students with Complex Support Needs in Different Classroom Types
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Alison L. Zagona; Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Jesse Pace; Karrie Shogren; Kirsten Lansey; Matt Jameson; Kristin Burnette; Mary Mansouri; Tyler Hicks; Daria Gerasimova – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2022
Students with complex support needs frequently experience restrictive educational placements such as self-contained and separate school classrooms. Given the need to support students with complex support needs to experience positive outcomes and make progress in the general education curriculum, there is a need to investigate the characteristics…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Student Placement, Student Behavior