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Parent Preference Of Time Allocations For Academic Skills, Functional Skills, And Social/Friendship Development For Students Who Are Moderately Or Severely Impaired, Lois Denise Fischer Cranston

Theses and Graduate Projects

Parents of students with moderate and severe/profound impairment were asked to indicate preferences of how educational time should be allocated to the skill clusters of academic skills, functional skills, social/friendship skills, and other educational activities. This study is a replication of two studies conducred by Dr. Susan Hamre-Nietupski at the Universiry of Iowa in 1992 and 1993. The 1992 study was conducted with Dr. John Nietupski and Marlene Srrathe, and rhe 1993 study with the cooperation of the State Department of Iowa. The parents were asked to complete a survey consisting of three components. The components included demographic data, a …