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Direct linkJennifer 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
Download full textAlison 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
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
Kurth, Jennifer A.; Mastergeorge, Ann M. – International Journal of Special Education, 2010
The rising incidence of autism and placement in general education necessitates a greater understanding of the impact of educational placement on academic achievement for adolescents with autism. In the present study, the academic profiles of adolescents with autism who have been educated in inclusive and self-contained settings are described using…
Descriptors: Autism, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment)
Organization for Autism Research, 2012
As any parent of a child with autism knows, your life changes and you take on new roles after your child receives a diagnosis of autism. Ready or not, you are now expected to be an expert on interventions, support professionals, and special education. Suddenly, your concerns and worries are different from the parents around you. While they may be…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Related Services (Special Education), Autism
Burns, Edward – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2007
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 has placed a renewed emphasis on the importance of the regular classroom, the regular classroom teacher and the general curriculum as the primary focus of special education. This book contains over 100 topics that deal with real issues and concerns regarding the regular classroom and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Related Services (Special Education), General Education, Teacher Participation
