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The Efficacy Of A Systematic Eye Contact Program As Applied To A Class Of Trainable Mentally Handicapped Students, James D. Raborn

Special Education ETDs

The importance of an operantly structured eye contact program for the severely emotionally disturbed, trainable mentally handicapped, and profoundly mentally handicapped has been overlooked by researchers and teachers alike. Intensive literature searches reap but a handful of related material, of which only a few provide a viable means of teaching eye contact skills. One question that has been repeatedly neglected by researchers, and epeciall teachers, is “why” teach eye contact. The basic need of eye contact in communication is known to all of us. It must be realized that in most instances the young trainable mentally handicapped student requires eye …

The Philosophy And Goals Of A Farm-Living Group Home For Mentally Retarded Citizens In The State Of Washington: A Working Plan Of Implementation, Max R. Grimmett

All Graduate Projects

Group homes were established as a result of House Bill #465 passed by the Washington State Legislature in 1969. The purpose of this bill was to make it possible for some people living in state institutions to move into smaller and more "homelike" places.

The purpose of the study was to determine what has been done in the area of group homes under the Washington State Guidelines. A study was made of the existing group homes and the programs offered at the present time. After collecting data, a plan was developed to create a proposed farm-living group home for mentally …

Comparison Of Special Education Teachers' And Elementary Education Teachers' Attitudes Toward Specific Class Labels, Louis Denti

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Optimum Learning In Regular Classrooms Project In Charleston, Illinois, Patricia Tucker Chaney

Masters Theses

The Optimum Learning in Regular Classrooms Project is an adoptive-adaptive ESEA Title IV-C project with two purposes: (1) to provide more effective educational service to children with special needs through training the mainstream teacher to diagnose these special needs as well as implement solutions for such children on an ongoing basis, and (2) to provide more efficient support services to the mainstream teacher in his/her efforts to meet the special needs of exceptional children, whether handicapped or gifted.

Four main aspects of the project are examined:

Classroom organization. All classrooms were organized at least in part into learning centers. This …

A Study Of The Effects Of The Professional Semester On Certain Aspects Of Personality & Interests Of Elementary Education Students Minoring In Special Education, Dorine Geeslin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

When 32 elementary education students, 16 of whom were enrolled in an off-campus block of laboratory experiences with handicapped, took the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey, Form DD, there was no evidence that the professional semester affected self-confidence or social adjustment as measured by the number of extrapunitive and need-persistence reactions, respectively, on the P-F Study. The t test was used to compare the mean number of those responses made by members of the two groups. There was considerable evidence, however, that the number of subjects who gave elementary education the same or an even higher …

A Study Of Positive Practice Overcorrection Versus Time-Out For Eliminating The Classroom Disruptions Of Relatively Normal Children, Johnny L. Matson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to compare two mild punishment techniques, positive practice overcorrection and time-out, for decreasing talking out and out of seat behavior in relatively normal children. Other variables considered were the practicality of administering positive practice and time-out, the generalization of the technique to other problem behaviors, and emotional side effects resulting from the administration of the techniques. The hypotheses formulated and tested considered which technique most effectively decreased target behaviors and what effect these treatments had on social interactions of treated children. Subjects were 18 males and two females between six and nine years of …

The Academic Success Of Former Resource Room Children In The Regular Classrooms, Hisashi Richard Ito

Special Education ETDs

In order to assess the effect of the resource room (RR), it was essential to design a study to determine how successful former RR children are in maintaining or generalizing academic changes in other learning environments. Thus, the primary purpose of the study was to ascertain if the rate of academic gain made during part-time placement in a RR would be maintained following a year of full-time attendance in a regular class.

The Effects Of Teacher Vs. Pupil Applied Reinforcement On Arithmetic Response Rates In Upper Elementary Behavior Disordered And Regular Class Children, Peter Cutler Friedman

Special Education ETDs

Thirty-six upper elementary aged school children, 18 of whom attended classes for Behaviorally Disordered (BD) children and 18 of whom were based in Regular Classes, were divided into two groups of nine students each for the purpose of comparing the effects of Teacher-Applied Reinforcement and Pupil-Applied Reinforcement on academic responding. Following a Pretest of basic addition, which allowed the Regular Class students to be matched to the BD students on level of problem difficulty, all subjects underwent a nine-day baseline period. At every session during Baseline 1, each subject attempted to solve twenty addition problems at an individualized level of …

The Classroom Behavior Assessment Scale, Linda Beth Brooks

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to test the predictive valid­ity of the Classroom Behavior Assessment Scale (CBAS). The CBAS, a be­havioral checklist, was designed to be used as a screening device for the detection of possible emotional/behavioral disorders in young chil­dren. The investigation was conducted using both mean and median CBAS scores of children who were recommended by the Educational Appraisal and Review committee of Albuquerque Public Schools for Special Education programs, and those who were not recommended for Special Education programs by that same committee. The hypotheses for this investigation were stated in the null form. Hypothesis 1. …

Shaping Appropriate Social Skills Of Multiply Handicapped Children In A Group Learning Situation By Contingent Teacher Attention And Maintaining Them With Low Rates Of Reinforcement, Mark L. Sundberg

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Role, Views, And Background Characteristics Of Current Michigan School Psychologists, Sharon Sue Russell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Videotapes: An Aid In Teaching Behavior Identification And Techniques For Behavior Management, Florence M. Taber

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of The Relationship Of Ethnicity And Sex To Intelligence And Certain Dimensions Of Creativity, Viola Roberta Sierra

Special Education ETDs

This study was designed to investigate: (1) differences in certain dimensions of creativity between Anglos and Chicanos; (2) differences in certain dimensions of creativity between males and females; and (3) the relationship between certain dimensions of creativity and intelligence for (a) the total group, (b) for Anglos, (c) for Chicanos, (3) for males, and (e) for females.

The general hypotheses tested were that: (1) there would be no significant differences between Anglos and Chicanos and between males and females with respect to composite creativity and the dimensions of fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration as measured by the Torrance Test of …

The Effects Of Perceptual Conditioning Upon Decoding And Encoding Abilities Of Children With Low Achievement, James D. Hall

Special Education ETDs

THE EFFECTS OF PERCEPTUAL CONDITIONING UPON DECODING AND ENCODING ABILITIES OF CHILDREN WITH LOW ACHIEVEMENT

James D. Hall Department of Special Education The University of New Mexico, 1976

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two decoding training procedures upon the decoding and encoding abilities of third grade children with low achievement. The methods studied were Perceptual Conditioning (Glass, 1971a) and Perceptual Conditioning with an added spelling step. An experimental group of 24 third graders, who pretested at or below the 3.8 grade level on the Diagnostic Reading Scales word lists, were randomly assigned to one …

Parent Intervention Program For Children With Severe Learning And Behavior Problems, Mindi Golnick

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect on parent attitudes and skills when involved in a parent training intervention program for children with severe learning and behavior problems. The intervention program was designed to train the parents to maintain, change and teach appropriate behaviors to their children while pro­viding them with the skills to extinguish inappropriate behaviors in their children.

More specifically the study attempted to answer the following four research questions:

1) Did the parents alter their attitudes toward child rearing in a positive direction as assessed on the Parent Attitude Scale (revised) after completion of …

Effects Of A Creativity Program On The Creative Thinking Abilities Of Behaviorally Disordered Elementary Children And Regular Elementary Children, Betsy Jaclynn Loewenherz

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine and compare whether a structured creativity program would improve creative thinking abilities in elementary behaviorally disordered children and elementary regular children. The study examined creativity as a process and contended that behaviorally disordered children would profit synonymously with regular children from learning to think creatively by increasing their repertoire of appropriate responses. The subjects were located in a special adaptation class for the behaviorally disordered and a regular classroom. Hereafter, the term regular children as it appears in the study refers to children undiagnosed for special needs and placed in the regular …

The Effect Of Parent Intervention On Academic Progress Of Learning Disabled Children, Carol Lee Byler

Special Education ETDs

This thesis project was designed to investigate the implications of involving parents of learning disabled children in on academic objective. Academic progress was measured through the use of continuous recording procedures. The main hypothesis, stated in null form, was: there will be no statistically significant difference in the mean scores of six learning disabled subjects on specified academic behavior before and after treatment involving parents as the intervention strategy.

The research results (analyzed by the mean-median/chi-square design, P < ·.05) indicated significant difference in the mean scores of four of six learning disabled subjects. Further analysis (analyzed by the Wilcox Sign and Rank Test, P < .05) indicated significant growth in the group as a whole. It was concluded that further research in a variety of settings with a variety of subjects is needed to substantiate these results and to gain further insights concerning the effects of parental involvement in the total school process.

Locus Of Control And Reading Achievement For Children With Learning Disabilities In A Self-Contained Class, Janie Stone

Special Education ETDs

Research concerning personality variables bas been expanding rapidly in the last few years. Locus of control is one of these variables; it is a developmental construct considered to be an important part of social learning theory. Locus of control refers to the degree to which a person believes that he controls his environment and reinforcements, or another person or force controls them. There have been many investigations regarding locus of control of normal and exceptional children in relation to motivation, anxiety, social desirability, success-failure attitudes, and achievement in the classroom. Specifically with students who are mentally retarded, orthopedically handicapped, or …

A Follow-Up Study Of Junior High Students Who Participated In The Monterey Reading Program, Barbara P. Warren

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reading scores of students who participated in the Monterey Reading Program (MRP) and to determine the stability of gains if they did occur. The two populations studied represented special education students diagnosed as learning disabled with reading problems in the area of decoding, and non-diagnosed students with the same problem. All 14 students were at least two years behind in reading in terms of grade level placement. They were seventh-graders. The learning disabled sample was pre-, post-, and follow-up tested with the Wide Range Achievement Test. The non-diagnosed sample was similarly …

The Validity Of The Home Bilingual Usage Estimate In Determining Language Dominance, Richard F. Rodriguez

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the Home Bilingual Usage Estimate, a test designed to determine whether English or Spanish is the dominant language spoken by and to the child. The Dos Amigos Verbal Language Scales, a teat which measures the ability of the child to express word opposites in English and Spanish was used as the criterion. On the basis of differences between English and Spanish performance a language dominance can be determined. Specific hypotheses were that: (1) the Home Bilingual Usage Estimate score of English Language usage will be positively and significantly related …

First Grade Teachers Can Learn To More Accurately Identify Specific Learning Disabilities In Their Children, Pauline Georgakis

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

An applied project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Education Specialist at Morehead State University by Pauline Georgakis on May 4, 1976.

A Model Child Abuse And Neglect Reporting Policy And Procedure For Use By Utah School Personnel, Samuel Barry London

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A model child abuse and neglect reporting policy and procedure was developed which Utah school districts could use in preparing their own district specific policies and procedures for use by district personnel. The development of the model policy was carried out using two groups of consultants for evaluating the model's format, content, and usability. A third group of consultants, the superintendent or a designee in each of the 40 Utah school districts, was asked to evaluate the model policy for completeness, format, and adoptability. The evaluation was made with a questionnaire developed by the researcher and mailed to the 40 …

The Incidence Of Child Abuse And Neglect In The Population At The Utah State Industrial School, Jeff Clark

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

There has been some speculation that abuse/neglect may lead to later antisocial behavior by the abused/neglected child. It was the purpose of this project to determine the frequency of abuse/neglect in the population at the State Industrial School and to compare the types of crimes committed by abused/neglected delinquents with those delinquents not abused/neglected.

The subjects consisted of all the adolescents committed to the State Industrial School. During the research project, 159 adolescents were at the State Industrial School. Of those, 63 had data in their files indicating some form of abuse or neglect.

The findings of the study showed …

A Special Education Program Design For Small, Rural Schools, Melody Peers Mccormick

Special Education ETDs

The small, rural school, even when it is a part of a larger system does not generally have ready access to special education programs. The purpose of this investigation was to design and implement a minimum intervention program which would involve no additional staff, facilities, or expenditures. The minimum intervention program designed utilized a cross-age tutoring program which effectively removed students from one classroom and left it free to be utilized as a special education room for a specified period of time three days a week. The teachers identified children whom they felt needed special help. There were two main …

An Investigation Into Art Preparation For Teachers Of Mentally Handicapped Children, Larry D. Wilson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Social Learning For Children With Specific Learning Disabilities, K. A. Fulmer, H. J. Jenkins

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The recent interest in curriculum development has empahasized the need for a framework in which to integrate many different education goals. Heiss and Mischio have proposed three criteria for a comprehensive curriculum. Good curricula which satisfy these conditions have been developed for use in the normal school programme. However, at present there is a great need for integrated curricula which attend to the special needs of children with general or specific learning disablilities.

The Predictive Relationship Of Tutorial Teaching Competencies On Group Instruction Performance For Prospective Special Education Teachers, Sarah Jane Frudden

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of the study was to determine if the skills acquired by trainees in the tutorial experience of the University of Northern Iowa competency-based program act as predictors in the group instruction experience.

This end was accomplished by comparing the scores obtained in the Phase I individual performance criteria against the composite score received in Phase II. A Pearson product moment correlation coefficient analysis was used to determine which individual Phase I criteria correlated significantly with the Phase II composite score. A multiple linear regression analysis was utilized to determine which criteria most highly contributed to the variance of …

An Analysis Of The Major Functions Of The Directors Of Special Education In Iowa, Thomas E. Twait

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The functions that special education directors in Iowa perform are broad in nature and specific in detail, Directors need to accomplish their tasks successfully if exceptional children are to receive quality education programs and services. The Review of Literature is concerned with the administration of special education programs and services, this is outlined in three areas. The three areas include: 1) the development of a philosophy establishing the need for increased and improved special education programs and services with qualified directors; 2) the establishment of the roles or functions to be performed by special education directors; and 3) the recognition …

An Investigation Of Competencies Needed By Teachers Of The Mildly Handicapped As Perceived By A Consortium Of Iowa Special Educators, Harriet M. Healy

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

A major purpose of this study was to subject the University of Northern Iowa's special education competencies to a consortium rating for determination of the relative importance of each competency for teachers of the mildly handicapped. A secondary purpose of this study was to determine the generic nature of these competencies.

The subjects involved in the study included Iowa special education teacher trainers; Area Education Agency directors and consultants for multi-disability programs; and special education teachers in multi-disability settings.

A questionnaire employing a forced ranking procedure was mailed to each subject. The results of the ranking were used to determine …

Studies Of Handicapped Students: Volume 1: Whom Do Teachers Identify As Handicapped, Patricia Craig, Norman Mceachron

Faculty Publications

This volume reports the first of two studies conducted by the Educa­tional Policy Research Center (EPRC) of SRI for the Assistant Secretary for Education (ASE) on the handicapped school population. The volume presents data on patterns of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of teacher-identified handicapped students. The purpose of the analysis was to determine whether significant differences in rates of identification of handicapping conditions are associated with family income, race, popula­tion size of place of residence, or geographic location. This study briefly reviews past studies; explores a new set of data to determine its usefulness in determining characteristics of the teacher-identified …