Purpose: The increasing prevalence of dementia poses significant challenges for speech-language pathologists (SLPs), who often lack specialized training in addressing degenerative disorders. Simulations can offer students a safe and standardized environment to develop essential skills. This study evaluated whether the Virtual Dementia Tour, a…

Purpose: This study aims to examine caregiver perceptions and use of the Early Communication Indicator--Autism (ECI-A), an adapted, naturalistic assessment to measure progress on communication skills, and explore differences across racial and ethnic groups to provide preliminary data about the cultural responsiveness of the newly adapted ECI-A.…

This study examined perceptions of educational leadership skills within principal internship experiences, focusing on the National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) building level standards related to instructional leadership. Using a quantitative survey design, the study collected data from 53 participants (29 principals and 24 interns)…

This paper aims to map the level of emotional intelligence (EI) among Czech university students. The questionnaire survey conducted among 161 Czech students in December 2023 was based on Goleman's EI test. He divided EI into five essential competencies: self-awareness, managing emotions, motivating oneself, empathy and social skills. Using cluster…

This article presents a training course in facilitation skills for Creative Focus-Groups using Intermediate Objects (CFGIO). It is aimed at students at the end of their psychology studies, who will be required to use this type of methodology in the course of their professional careers. The CFGIO is a participative methodology that draws on the…

In this paper, we discuss the development and application of an analytical tool for use with teachers to help them become aware of how they attend to students' thinking during discussions. Through understanding how one explicitly attends to student thinking, corrective measures for improving facilitation of effective classroom discussions can…

Picturebooks containing representations of Pacific identities, languages, and cultures are catalysts for teachers' and children's learning. Over a 12-week period, teachers at Fanau Pasifika Kindergarten read a selection of picturebooks with Pacific themes and languages available in Aotearoa New Zealand. Several themes emerged in answer to the…

In recent years, the landscape of higher education has changed due to factors like the massification and marketisation of the sector. This has led to growing pressures on graduate employability and attainment of requisite skills whilst at university. Obtaining law students' perspectives on these issues has become relevant due to an increasingly…

This is an era of uncertainty, during which adaptability is a key capability to survival and future success. What has Singapore done to develop an education system that facilitates its young to learn in such an era? Firstly, Singapore enhances the adaptive capacity of its education system by increasing its diversity. In particular, it is…

This study examines the relationship between life skills, parent-child relationships, and school environment among adolescents in the Nainital district. Life skills, critical for adolescent development, are influenced by supportive parenting practices and conducive school environments. Using a descriptive survey method, the research sampled 800…

Executive functioning skills are very essential components of effective learning, innovative thinking, and decision-making that are necessary for the growing minds of the twenty-first century. Executive functioning refers to the collection of mental processes that guide and control psychological behavior and activities. Working memory, attentional…

The challenges faced by transition-age youth (TAY) with level one autism spectrum disorder (L1-ASD) during the transition to adulthood can be exacerbated by disability-related hurdles, particularly in employment and post-secondary education. Existing social skills training interventions for TAY with ASD often include building social narratives and…

Background/purpose: This study aims to describe the research performance, competency levels, and information-seeking skills of graduate school writers, and to examine whether these skills significantly correlate with research performance. It also aims to identify which specific aspects of competency and information-seeking skills most strongly…

This paper uses examples from Australia and England to explore subject English with regard to the multiple metaphors inherent in the terms 'settling' and 'unsettling'. In doing so we are concerned with imagining a future for a subject English curriculum which dislodges it from its imperial, colonial roots. In the first instance, we outline the…

The purpose of the current study was to examine the skill-by-treatment interaction (STI) framework to intensify reading interventions. The effects were tested with a multiple-baseline across-participants single-case experimental design with a contraindicated phase. Four students in second through fourth grades were the participants for the study.…