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"Part of What We Do": Perspectives of Faculty Teaching College Courses to Students with Intellectual Disability. Insight: A Think College Brief on Policy, Research, & Practice. Issue No. 63
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Belkis Choiseul-Praslin; Chelsea VanHorn Stinnett; Mindy Lingo; Clare Papay; Danie Roberts-Dahm – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2024
Faculty perspectives on teaching students with intellectual disability are important to consider as college programs continue to grow and more students are enrolling. To ensure faculty experiences are considered in program development and improvement, we conducted a brief literature review of postsecondary education-related articles, focusing on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
"Avenue and Access to Participate": Constructing Inclusive Higher Education for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Carly Blustein Gilson; Mary L. Whirley; Kaitlin Foster – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2019
The rapid growth of postsecondary education programs necessitates a comprehensive framework to define and evaluate inclusion on each campus. This study utilized a naturalistic paradigm on a large, public university during a new programâs development. We conducted focus groups with students and faculty members to solicit perspectives regarding…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Higher Education
Using Dialogue as a Means to Promote Collaborative and Inclusive Practices
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Tragoulia, Eleni; Strogilos, Vasilis – Educational Action Research, 2013
This study discusses the results of a collaborative action research project in a multi-disciplinary school for children with disabilities. The aim was to alter practices and views of the professionals concerned in order to promote the inclusion of four children in mainstream schools. Three interrelated programmes were designed and implemented over…
Descriptors: Action Research, Disabilities, Special Schools, Foreign Countries
Theme: Vocational Agriculture and the Handicapped Student.
Scanlon, Dennis C.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1985
Scanlon and Baggett suggest a basic rationale for serving handicapped students. Downey reviews programs offered to disadvantaged and handicapped at Valley Vocational Technical Center, Fishersville, Virginia. Other articles focus on greenhouse crop production, support services in Pennsylvania, accommodation of the physically handicapped student,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Awareness Program under Assembly Bill 2841/72. Final Project Report.
Kim, Yungho; Wright, Calvin E. – 1987
The Special Education Division of the California State Department of Education funded six pilot programs as part of a state-legislated Awareness Program. The goal of the programs was to make nonhandicapped students in grades K-8 aware of the special problems encountered by disabled persons. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Awareness…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Cognitive Restructuring
Mainstreaming: The Need to Prepare the Nondisabled.
Bond, Carole L. – 1981
Responding to research indicating that more concentrated efforts and innovative approaches are needed to change the negative teacher and student attitudes toward the disabled in mainstreamed classrooms, the pilot program described in this paper was designed to foster communication between the regular classroom teacher and the special education…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Change Strategies, Disabilities