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Direct linkAlsalamah, Areej – Exceptionality, 2022
The implementation of prereferral models was being discussed in educational literature as early as 1979. Over the past decade, schools in the United States have begun to adopt prereferral models to meet multiple goals, such as reducing inappropriate referrals to special education, supporting students who face academic and behavioral challenges,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Sonya D. Mellerson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Historically, African American students have been overrepresented in special education (National Education Association [NEA], 2007. Specifically, African American students have been identified with an emotional disturbance (ED) in special education at an excessive rate in comparison to students of other racial and ethnic categories (Office of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Special Education, Emotional Disturbances, Disability Identification
Chericoni, Natasha; Balboni, Giulia; Costanzo, Valeria; Mancini, Alice; Prosperi, Margherita; Lasala, Roberta; Tancredi, Raffaella; Scattoni, Maria Luisa; Molteni, Massimo; Molteni, Massimo; Valeri, Giovanni; Vicari, Stefano; Zoccante, Leonardo; Arduino, Maurizio; Venuti, Paola; Sogos, Carla; Guzzetta, Andrea; Muratori, Filippo; Apicella, Fabio – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The capacity of the Child Behavior Checklist 1½-5 (CBCL 1½-5) to identify children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at 18 months was tested on 37 children clinically referred for ASD and 46 children at elevated likelihood of developing ASD due to having an affected brother/sister. At 30 months the clinically referred children all received a…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Behavior, Infants, Toddlers
Dewey G. Cornell; Jordan Kerere; Timothy Konold; Jennifer Maeng; Kelvin Afolabi; Francis Huang; Deanne Cowley – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Although behavioral threat assessment and management (often shortened to "threat assessment") has become widely used in US schools, no studies have systematically examined how frequently schools conduct threat assessments and how threat assessment rates vary as a function of student and school demographics. Of particular concern is that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Violence, School Safety, Student Evaluation
Cunha, Marina; Oliveira, Sara; Coimbra, Maria; Ferreira, Cláudia – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Psychological inflexibility has been associated with several mental health indicators. The Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y) has been the most used measure to assess psychological inflexibility in adolescents, having been adapted to several different languages, including Portuguese. However, the short 8-item version of this…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychological Patterns, Mental Health, Adolescents
Seminerio, Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study analyzed general education teachers' knowledge of a multi-tier system of support (MTSS), as well as their understanding and implementation of effective practices within tier 1. It further studied their current application of tier 1 interventions at Garden State School District. As the framework of a multi-tier system of support became…
Descriptors: General Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Jill Cherie Fodstad; Alexus M. Gonzalez; McKenzie Barber; Michelle Curtin – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency and quality of primary care physician (PCP) recommendations to investigate the management of young children with delays and self-injury (SIB; e.g., head banging) from the time of initial SIB concern to specialty referral as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Via a…
Descriptors: Injuries, Self Destructive Behavior, Intervention, Referral
Buckley, Benjamin J. R.; Thijssen, Dick H. J.; Murphy, Rebecca C.; Graves, Lee E. F.; Whyte, Greg; Gillison, Fiona; Crone, Diane; Wilson, Philip M.; Hindley, Daniel; Watson, Paula M. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objectives: To explore the preliminary effects and acceptability of a co-produced physical activity referral intervention. Study Design: Longitudinal design with data collected at baseline and post a 12-week physical activity referral intervention. Setting: Community leisure centre. Methods: In all, 32 adults with controlled lifestyle-related…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Referral, Intervention
Pearson-Campbell, Jannell Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Across the United States, and here in Massachusetts, disproportionate representation of linguistically diverse students in special education has become a persistent and concerning issue (Deninger, Massachusetts Department of Education, 2008). This existing disproportionality has the federal and state governments more engaged in examining special…
Descriptors: Special Education, Referral, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students
Hellquist, Anna; Tammimies, Kristiina – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Clinical genetic testing is recommended for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. There are only a few reports of how these recommendations are followed and especially missing for European countries. We aimed to analyze the rate of access, utilization, and awareness of clinical genetic testing among autistic individuals in Sweden…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Genetic Disorders, Screening Tests
Fanslau, Carly R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Disparities in special education enrollment by student groups have been well documented in the United States over the last 40 years (Allen-Butler, 2019; Artiles, Kozleski, Trent, Osher, & Ortiz, 2010; Burton-Douglas, 2017; Dunn, 1968; Heller, Holtzman, & Messick, 1982; Fidishin, 2017). This quantitative, correlational, descriptive study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Minority Group Students
Courtney C. Revels-Turner – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of implicit bias in the referral process for special education. The study explored the relationship between independent variables such as student and teacher race/ethnicity, gender of teacher, teachers' years of teaching experience, and how likely teachers would refer a male student for…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Race, Sex, Predictor Variables
Neal-Jackson, Alaina – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2020
Within US public schools, Black girls are increasingly overrepresented in exclusionary discipline. Typically, this disproportionality has been examined through the analysis of district wide discipline records including, but not limited to, office referrals. Few studies have endeavored to interrogate the structure and creation of office referrals…
Descriptors: High School Students, African American Students, Females, Discipline Problems
Leach, Heather J.; LeBreton, Kelli A.; Wurz, Amanda J.; Pergolotti, Mackenzi; Braun, Barry; Schuster, Steven R.; Green, Patrick – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: Exercise is beneficial for individuals who have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or cancer. Healthcare providers are well placed to discuss exercise with their patients, but their referral practices and the content of exercise recommendations remain unclear. Method: Cardiologists and oncologists completed an online survey…
Descriptors: Medicine, Physicians, Cancer, Heart Disorders
Varsamis, Panagiotis; Gkouvatzi, Anastasia; Nanou, Andromachi; Ntarilli, Ioanna; Simeonidou, Magdalini – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2020
The purpose of the present study is to examine the properties of a curriculum-based pre-referral screening tool. According to the current Greek preschool curriculum, preschoolers' participation is evaluated across five core axes, namely Play, Routines, Daily Activities, Explorations, and Organized Activities. Teacher evaluations sorted 201…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Screening Tests, Foreign Countries, Prereferral Intervention
