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Opportunities And Challenges Of Utilizing Restorative Practices (Rp) With Students With Disabilities: Exploring Special Educators’ Experiences With Rp, Mika Moore
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Restorative Practices (RP) are rapidly being adopted in PreK-12 schools throughout the United States as these institutions seek ways to both improve school climate and utilize alternatives to harsh zero-tolerance discipline policies. RP offers a proactive, relational, and reactive framework in which schools can intentionally build community, foster trust, and provide opportunities for students, staff, and community members to address and repair harm when it occurs. As more schools move towards implementing RP, it is important to consider the experiences of teachers tasked with implementation. In particular, special educators represent critical implementers of RP as they can accommodate and modify …
Integrazione Scolastica In Italy: Implications For American Schooling Of Children With Disabilities, Michael Giangreco
Integrazione Scolastica In Italy: Implications For American Schooling Of Children With Disabilities, Michael Giangreco
College of Education and Social Services Faculty Publications
This sabbatical final report describes the preparation, activities, and initial outputs of a three month sabbatical journey to Italy in Fall 2011. Over the past two decades, educating students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms, alongside their peers without disabilities, has increasingly become a focus of global attention and advocacy (Ferguson, 2008; Vislie, 2003). In part, this has been evidenced internationally through the development and ratification of the Salamanca Agreement (UNESCO, 1994) and Article 24 (Education) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006). These international accords strongly favor inclusive education for children and youth with …
Vermont Interdependent Services Team Approach: A Guide To Coordinating Educational Support Services, Michael F. Giangreco
Vermont Interdependent Services Team Approach: A Guide To Coordinating Educational Support Services, Michael F. Giangreco
College of Education and Social Services Faculty Publications
Vermont interdependent services team approach: A guide to coordinating educational support services (VISTA) is a guide to coordinating educationally related services (e.g., physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology) for students with disabilities in inclusive schools.
Making Related Service Decisions For Students With Severe Handicaps In Public Schools: Roles, Criteria, And Authority, Michael Giangreco
Making Related Service Decisions For Students With Severe Handicaps In Public Schools: Roles, Criteria, And Authority, Michael Giangreco
College of Education and Social Services Faculty Publications
Students with severe handicaps frequently require related services from occupational therapists, physical therapists, or communication specialists to benefit from instruction. Effective delivery of related services requires the existence of a shared framework for decision-making among educators, related service personnel, and families. This framework may be broadly characterized by: (a) the roles served by related service professionals, (b) the criteria used to make related service decisions, and (c) the authority for making decisions. Differences between team members regarding roles, criteria, and authority perspectives may pose threats to the development of a shared framework, while similarities may provide foundations upon which to …