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Jordan McNeill Lukins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Special educators are the primary implementers of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for school-aged students with autism. Twenty-eight strategies and interventions have been categorized as "evidence-based" with demonstrated efficacy for children and youth with autism (Steinbrenner et al., 2020). However, the research-to-practice gap…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice
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Chu, Szu-Yin – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
This study investigated the practice of family-centred positive behaviour support professional training for preservice special education teachers to understand the outcomes of implementing this training in the practical field. The emphasis of the first phase was to provide foundational knowledge, namely 14 hours of lectures and 7.5 hours of video…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Family Involvement
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Drury, Jodi; Krezmien, Michael P.; Camacho, Kristine A.; Gonzales, Alicia – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
Sixty-one educational leaders from a rural section of the Northeastern United States participated in this mixed-methods sequential explanatory study to determine the extent to which educational leaders felt knowledgeable and prepared to lead the implementation of multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) in their schools. Despite educators' initial…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Knowledge Level, Competence
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Garwood, Justin D.; Van Loan, Christopher L. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2019
In response to challenging behaviour from students with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD), teachers around the world often label students as challenging, defining them by their disability. Negative views of students with EBD are a barrier to their inclusion and a major challenge for policy in the United States and elsewhere associated…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Emotional Problems, Inclusion
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Sun, Anna Q.; Xin, Joy F. – Preventing School Failure, 2020
This study investigated school principals' opinions of their knowledge, skills, and leadership roles in providing services and support to students with special needs. A total of 134 respondents were included. Responses were analyzed into 4 factors; leadership in special education, leadership knowledge, leadership support, and leadership decision.…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Special Education, Leadership Responsibility
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Dutt, Anuradha S.; Chen, Iris; Nair, Rahul – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2019
The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate the level of skills and training needs reported by special educators and teaching associates in functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and behavioral interventions within special education (SPED) schools in Singapore. The Skills and Needs Inventories in Functional Behavior Assessments and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention