Joint action routine (JAR) was implemented to help a 10-year-old student with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve his social skills. The implementation of JAR involved incorporating several elements into group activities. These elements included establishing a meaningful theme for the activities, assigning simple and reciprocal roles to the…

Purpose: This paper reports the evaluation of an ongoing intervention, the GROW Programme, aimed at meeting the needs of 15-18-year-old pupils who were unable to attend school in England for periods during 2020-2021. The aim of the paper is to theorize the underlying basis of practice in such a lockdown context to inform future responses.…

Background: COVID-19 saw the global reduction of many physical activity programs. To maintain engagement, many programs adjusted their delivery to online formats. Purpose: To explore the impact that a youth targeted virtual community exercise program had on its participants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Seven participants of Virtual…

Purpose: Untreated hearing loss is a significant public health issue affecting the quality of life of millions of Americans. Barriers to treatment invite novel and innovation solutions, but as these solutions create new treatment delivery models, they also may--purposefully or accidentally--challenge the values of the field. Method:…

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed profound changes on the way we think about undergraduate physics education. Online courses became mainstream. Exam formats were reimagined. Digital whiteboards replaced face-to-face discussions. Laboratory classes were outfitted with home-delivered supply kits. And all of us developed a more intimate knowledge of…

This paper explores the factors that predict children's willingness to have contact with those from cultures in conflict, using data collected in 2014-2015 from the TEC4Schools program which begins online and eventually includes face-to-face contact. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted on the results of the questionnaire from 577…

This study aimed to investigate the effect of visual input enhancement (VIE) on the comprehension of reading texts and the learning of two grammatical forms: English relative clauses and articles. Individual learners' working memory (WM) capacity was also tested to explore its impact on the effectiveness of VIE. A total of 48 Korean college…

This study investigated the role of work-integrated learning (WIL) programmes in developing work readiness among graduates of higher learning institutions in Tanzania. The Tanzania Public Service College was used as a case study. The authors investigated students', employers' and college trainers' perspectives about WIL programmes. The study used…

Although divorce education programming is prevalent, research on how programs benefit certain ethnic groups is sparse. Addressing this research gap is important given the increasing ethnic diversity in the United States. In the current study, we applied a mixed-methods approach to examine the experiences of divorcing/separating Latinx parents (n…

Behavioral emotion regulation and resilience are crucial in daily life. This research aimed to investigate the impact of the Incredible Years (IY) parenting program on behavioral emotion regulation and resilience in mothers of deaf children. The present study was a quasi-randomized controlled trial design. Twenty mothers between the ages of 28 and…

Elementary public schools remain the most common venues for addressing children's severe conduct problems. Nevertheless, very few longitudinal studies have examined association between receiving psychoeducational services for conduct problems in school and subsequent conduct problem severity. This study explored if psychoeducational service…

Block mode of teaching, also called intensive mode of teaching, has received great recognition and interest from education sector. This mode of teaching is a compressed style of teaching in which classes are delivered in an intensive period of time. Block mode teaching has been found to have potential to enhance student performance. Although…

In September of 2020, a group of dental students (DDS) and motivated faculty at the University of Western Ontario came together in response to the pandemic and established a real-time feedback model. The goal of this model was to address technical challenges following the quick transition from in-person courses to a fully online format for student…

Background: Internships may be a successful pathway for increasing employment rates among people with intellectual disability. This paper presents a summative evaluation of a brief film internship program for people with intellectual disability. Method: At the commencement and conclusion of the internship, semi-structured interviews were conducted…

Kazakhstan's efforts to expand its physical culture have brought tremendous benefits. However, there are still unresolved issues in the teaching of physical education in our country's schools. Despite many ethnic and cultural traditions, combining learning opportunities in the classroom is ineffective. Domestic experience in sports is…