Critical Elements Of Effective Co-Teaching In The K-12 Classroom,
2019
Bethel University
Critical Elements Of Effective Co-Teaching In The K-12 Classroom, Julie M. Gaffney
All Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Co-teaching is a common and significant practice that pairs a special education teacher with a general education teacher for the purpose of enhancing the education of all students. In addition to giving students with special needs access to the content of general education classes, all students get the social benefits of being closer to their peers. Since the introduction of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) (1997), methods of inclusion for special education students have taken center stage. Teachers and administrators are experiencing the benefits and challenges of this relatively new but successful concept. Research is plentiful but there is …
Training And Supervision Of Paraprofessionals In Special Education: A Qualitative Case Study,
2019
University of New England
Training And Supervision Of Paraprofessionals In Special Education: A Qualitative Case Study, Catherine D. Stieg
All Theses And Dissertations
Researchers have identified educator concerns about inadequate paraprofessional training and supervision in PK-12 schools. Studies also show special educators are not adequately prepared to train and supervise the paraprofessionals. Additionally, the voices of special educators and paraprofessionals are narrowly represented in the literature. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to document the most effective methods of training and supervision, as perceived by special educators and paraprofessionals in the case study school district. This qualitative case study included two surveys which incorporated the Paraeducator Common Core Guidelines (PCCG) (CEC, 2015) and the concepts of adult learning by Drago-Severson (2015). The …
The Effect A School District’S Inservice, About The Implicit Curriculum Of School Functioning, Has On Educators’ Attitudes Towards Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder,
2019
Northern Illinois University
The Effect A School District’S Inservice, About The Implicit Curriculum Of School Functioning, Has On Educators’ Attitudes Towards Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Debra Louise Barton
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
Educators’ attitudes affect the success of their students. When children have a variety of challenges, such as children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), educators’ attitudes towards these children are specifically influenced, affecting the success of the child. Research has shown that professional development can improve the educator’s attitudes, therefore increasing the success of the students. School functioning skills, such as obtaining knowledge from a variety of formats and following class rules that vary from teacher to teacher and setting to setting, are especially difficult for children with ASD because such skills are not usually taught. They are part of the …
Self-Contained Special Education Teachers' And Administrators' Perceptions Of Teacher Evaluation Systems,
2019
Lynn University
Self-Contained Special Education Teachers' And Administrators' Perceptions Of Teacher Evaluation Systems, Kareem Thompson
Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of administrators and self-contained special education teacher’s usage of their current teacher evaluation tool. Little has been studied about the use of “canned” tools to explicitly evaluate and effectively provide feedback to special education teachers who teach in self-contained settings of students with low incidence disabilities. Using an online survey with ten specific questions, this study explored the perceptions of administrators and special educators. Chi-squares were run and statistical significance were found in several of the survey questions. For example, the chi-square test of independence ran between question number two …
Measuring Police Officer Self-Efficacy For Working With Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder,
2019
University of Kentucky
Measuring Police Officer Self-Efficacy For Working With Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Abigail M. A. Love
Theses and Dissertations--Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is currently one of the most researched of all childhood developmental disorders and is receiving attention in many domains including popular media, social sciences, education, and medicine. The purpose of this dissertation was to design and provide initial psychometric evidence for a scale that measures police officer self-efficacy for working with individuals with ASD. Psychometric properties of a scale designed to measure knowledge of ASD were also explored. Data from 620 police officers actively serving in the United States were collected in two separate phases. A 13-item scale was created to measure police officer self-efficacy for …
Predictive Validity Of I-Ready Diagnostic Scores For High-Stakes Test Outcomes With Middle School Students : A Program Evaluation,
2019
University at Albany, State University of New York
Predictive Validity Of I-Ready Diagnostic Scores For High-Stakes Test Outcomes With Middle School Students : A Program Evaluation, Rachel Eva Aguilar
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Assessment is a powerful tool that can be utilized to enhance teaching and learning. Within a response-to-intervention (RtI) framework, data collected via assessment are used to measure student proficiency, track progress, and subsequently align instruction with student learning needs. The purpose of this program evaluation was to explore the use of a computer-adaptive testing (CAT) measure, i-Ready Diagnostic, as part of a rural middle school’s assessment process, within an RtI model. This program evaluation sought to gather evidence regarding the ability of different i-Ready reading and math measures, administered in the fall, winter, and spring, to predict student performance on …
Automatic Nonnutritive Suck Waveform Discrimination And
Feature Extraction In Preterm Infants,
2019
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Automatic Nonnutritive Suck Waveform Discrimination And Feature Extraction In Preterm Infants, Chunxiao Liao, Austin O. Rosner, Jill L. Maron, Dongli Song, Steven M. Barlow
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications
Background and Objective: The emergence of the nonnutritive suck (NNS) pattern in preterm infants reflects the integrity of the brain and is used by clinicians in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to assess feeding readiness and oromotor development. A critical need exists for an integrated software platform that provides NNS signal preprocessing, adaptive waveform discrimination, feature detection, and batch processing of big data sets across multiple NICU sites. Thus, the goal was to develop and describe a crossplatform graphical user interface (GUI) and terminal application known as NeoNNS for single and batch file time series and frequency-domain analyses of …
Promoting College And Career Readiness With Middle School Youth With Disabilities: Lessons Learned From A Curriculum Development Project,
2019
University of Massachusetts Boston
Promoting College And Career Readiness With Middle School Youth With Disabilities: Lessons Learned From A Curriculum Development Project, Meg Grigal, Lori Cooney, Debra Hart
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
Engagement and academic success in middle school is critically important to ensure students with disabilities complete high school and have a viable path to and through postsecondary education. Although most middle school students say they want to pursue postsecondary education or training, a significant proportion are not actively engaged in college and career readiness (CCR) activities in middle school. This transition in practice article highlights the importance of early CCR instruction for middle school youth with and without disabilities. Lessons learned from developing an online CCR curriculum and implementing it with middle school youth in inclusive middle school settings will …
Executive Summary Of The Year Three Annual Report Of The Tpsid Model Demonstration Projects (2017-2018),
2019
University of Massachusetts Boston
Executive Summary Of The Year Three Annual Report Of The Tpsid Model Demonstration Projects (2017-2018), Meg Grigal, Debra Hart, Frank Smith, Clare Papay, Daria Domin
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
This Fast Fact provides a summary of the findings shared in the Year Three Annual Report of the TPSID Model Demonstration Projects (2017-2018). Findings are shared across multiple categories including employment, vocational rehabilitation, academics, academic and employment supports, residential services, program completion and credential attainment, and one-year outcomes.
Meeting The New Requirements Of Wioa Through Partnerships With Institutions Of Higher Education Enrolling Students With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities,
2019
University of Massachusetts Boston
Meeting The New Requirements Of Wioa Through Partnerships With Institutions Of Higher Education Enrolling Students With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, Meg Grigal, Russ Thelin
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
Significant changes were made to the state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency services program with passage of the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). These changes, which include specific resources to help individuals with disabilities find, obtain, and maintain meaningful competitive integrated employment, may lead to more optimal employment outcomes for youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), who are often faced with under- or unemployment in adulthood (Siperstein, Parker & Drascher, 2013). WIOA also increased the emphasis on the area of postsecondary education, possibly due to some of the recent advancements around inclusive higher education in …
Provision Of Pre-Employment Transition Services In Tpsid Programs,
2019
University of Massachusetts Boston
Provision Of Pre-Employment Transition Services In Tpsid Programs, Meg Grigal
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
This Fast Fact describes ways that Transition Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID programs) engage with state vocational rehabilitation agencies to provide pre-employment transition services to students with intellectual disability enrolled in colleges and universities.
The Role Of Animal-Assisted Interventions In Communication Skills Of Children With Autism,
2019
Walden University
The Role Of Animal-Assisted Interventions In Communication Skills Of Children With Autism, Jennifer Ann Friedrich
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulties with social communication and prosocial behaviors. Due to a lack of social communication and social interaction skills among children with ASD, special education teachers are tasked with providing meaningful social opportunities to them to facilitate their learning of these skills. Special education literature lacks research studies about how dog-based animal-assisted interventions (AAI) can improve social communication outcomes for children in a school setting. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study, guided by Bowlby's theory of attachment and the human-animal bond concept, was to explore, describe, and improve the understanding of …
Middle School Teacher Perceptions And Implementation Of Special Education Coteaching,
2019
Walden University
Middle School Teacher Perceptions And Implementation Of Special Education Coteaching, Leanne Marie Henning Ratcliff
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Coteaching is a mandated practice in which students with disabilities are educated in the general education setting among their peers, but it often is not effectively implemented. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of both middle school general education and special education teacher relative to coteaching parity and barriers to effective coteaching practices. Friend and Cook's conceptual framework of collaboration, outlining the importance of understanding roles when working in teams, supported the purpose and design of this study. The research questions were designed to investigate the extent to which the general and special education teachers share …
Lebanese Elementary Teachers' Perceptions About Metacognitive Skills For Students With Learning Disabilities,
2019
Walden University
Lebanese Elementary Teachers' Perceptions About Metacognitive Skills For Students With Learning Disabilities, Tassoula Semaan Bassous
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Teachers in Lebanese schools are still using outdated traditional strategies for instructing students with learning disabilities (LD). The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to understand Lebanese elementary teachers' perceived barriers to providing effective metacognition skills instruction and increase the understanding of how teachers are supporting students with LD to use metacognitive strategies to enhance their own learning. The conceptual framework used to ground the study was Flavell's metacognitive theory. The purposeful sample included 12 elementary special and regular education teachers selected from 6 different Lebanese schools in 5 areas in Lebanon. Each teacher participated in a semistructed …
Effects Of Think-Aloud Protocol On The Mathematical Problem-Solving Skills Of Seventh- And Eighth- Grade Students With Learning Disabilities,
2019
The University of San Francisco
Effects Of Think-Aloud Protocol On The Mathematical Problem-Solving Skills Of Seventh- And Eighth- Grade Students With Learning Disabilities, Nasa Lesley Cole
Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a cognitive- and metacognitive-strategy instruction on the mathematical problem-solving performance and metacognitive experience of 22 seventh- and eighth-grade students with learning disabilities. When solving mathematical word problems, students with learning disabilities typically lack self-regulation processes (Larson & Gerber, 2002) tend to respond impulsively, to use trial and error, and fail to evaluate or verify their solutions (Bryant, Bryant, & Hammermill, 2000). This study used the Metacognitive Experience Survey (MES), two sets of three mathematical-word-problem probes of varying complexity levels, and think-aloud protocols to measure intervention effect. The first research …
Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders And Special Education Due Process In The United States.,
2019
Sam Houston State University
Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders And Special Education Due Process In The United States., William Blackwell, Jaime Betancourt Durán, Jennifer Buss
Education Department Faculty Articles
This manuscript presents findings from a study of the contributing factors and details of special education due process hearings in the United States that involved students with emotional and behavioral disorders. The study examined 101 due process hearings conducted over a three-year period in a five-state sample: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Washington. Findings indicated that students with emotional and behavioral disorders are frequently involved in due process hearings. These students often have multilayered, complex support needs and a history of suspension/expulsion. The most common issues addressed in the due process hearings related to the development/implementation of individualized education programs, …
Graduate Bulletin: 2019-2020,
2019
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Graduate Bulletin: 2019-2020, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Graduate Bulletins (Catalogs)
No abstract provided.
Practical Strategies For Conducting And Documenting Classroom Observations In Sld Evaluation,
2019
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Practical Strategies For Conducting And Documenting Classroom Observations In Sld Evaluation, Mariya T. Davis, Julie Southward
Special Education Faculty Publications (Archived)
Nearly half of all students receiving special education services are identified as students with a specific learning disability (SLD; National Center for Learning Disabilities [NCLD], 2014). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires evaluation teams to analyze multiple data to determine if a student qualifies for special education services. In accordance with the federal law, a student must be observed in the regular classroom setting, and a description of the relationship between the behavior and academic functioning must be noted in a written Full and Individual Evaluation (FIE) report. Discussed in this article are recommendations and practical strategies related …
Training Pre-Service General Educators To Collect Accurate Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence Data,
2019
University of Kentucky
Training Pre-Service General Educators To Collect Accurate Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence Data, Mark Devdas Samudre
Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education
Functional behavior assessment is a process that should involve all individuals that work closely with a student who is engaging in problematic behavior that impacts their own or others’ learning. General educators are typically involved in this process through indirect or descriptive assessments, such as collecting antecedent-behavior-consequence data (ABC). However, there are many factors that can impact a general educator’s ability to collect accurate ABC data. Inaccurate data can misinform appropriate responses and interventions for challenging behaviors made by a student’s decision-making team, such as an Individual Education Program (IEP) team. Therefore, it is critical that researchers empirically evaluate training …
Increasing Physical Activity In Middle Schoolers With Intellectual Disability Using Goal Setting And Fitness Trackers,
2019
University of Kentucky
Increasing Physical Activity In Middle Schoolers With Intellectual Disability Using Goal Setting And Fitness Trackers, Hannah J. Dollinger
Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of goal setting and fitness trackers to increase daily step counts in adolescents with intellectual disability. An A-B-A-B withdrawal research design was implemented to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. The results indicated that goal setting and fitness trackers were effective in increasing daily step counts for two out of three participants.
