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The Effect Of Trauma On Students And How Schools And Teachers Are Changing To Better Support Student Needs, Ella Elaine Carlson
The Effect Of Trauma On Students And How Schools And Teachers Are Changing To Better Support Student Needs, Ella Elaine Carlson
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Teachers are seeing more and more students who are going through traumatic life events. These events are affecting their developing brain, school behavior and academic success. These events are having a secondary effect on teachers, creating burnout and secondary trauma. Teachers are becoming overwhelmed with their students academic needs and behavioral supports to make them more successful in school. School administrations are trying to find proper supports for all students in the classroom while providing teachers with meaningful professional development strategies. These strategies involve schools transitioning to a trauma-informed environment where students and teachers feel supportive and successful. The following …
Implications And Interventions For Reducing The Use Of Restraint And Seclusion On Students Receiving Special Education Services, Samantha Lynn Gruidl
Implications And Interventions For Reducing The Use Of Restraint And Seclusion On Students Receiving Special Education Services, Samantha Lynn Gruidl
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This thesis explores a difficult subject for both parents and special educators: the use of restraint and seclusion in the classroom. While no teacher wants to go hands-on with a student, crisis situations can arise in which a student becomes a threat to themselves or others. In these moments restrictive procedures are employed to maintain safety, but this does not address the underlying issues that caused the unsafe behavior in the first place, or prevent the behavior from occurring again. In this thesis, it has been set out to determine the risks involved with using these restrictive procedures, as well …
Research-Based Effective Classroom Management Techniques: A Review Of The Literature, Alison A. Stueber
Research-Based Effective Classroom Management Techniques: A Review Of The Literature, Alison A. Stueber
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This study examined the impact of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports-based and evidence-based interventions to improve classroom and behavior management in schools all over the world. Additionally, this study also examined the factors and reasons why teacher burnout occurs in school communities. The studies used focused on the negative and positive outcomes of interventions, strategies and trainings for teachers and how they impacted teachers, students and other educators within a school community. Overall results showed that evidence-based supports and interventions made a positive and effective impact when used in classrooms. Results also highlighted that when teachers built positive and respectful …
Reducing Stereotypic Behaviors In Children With Autism, Sianna Banham
Reducing Stereotypic Behaviors In Children With Autism, Sianna Banham
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I’d like to take this time to thank my fiancé, family, peers and friends who supported me throughout this process. I have many people to thank who have pushed me to stay one task and get this thesis done, as I am a huge procrastinator. Thomas, thank you for everything you do. You have pushed me to never give up and helped me reach my full potential. You have believed in since day one, even before I believed in myself. To all my amazing family members, thank you for your constant support and love. Thank you for asking me at …
Teaching Social Skills Or Play: The Importance Of Foundational Skills, Elizabeth Ann Bauman
Teaching Social Skills Or Play: The Importance Of Foundational Skills, Elizabeth Ann Bauman
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The purpose of this study is to conduct a thorough examination of the current literature related to the background, benefit and implementation of play in teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders. The ability to demonstrate joint attention, demonstrate join attention and participate in functional and pretend play continues to show a correlation with children’s language, cognitive and social skills. Functional and symbolic play provide children an opportunity to practice new vocabulary, experiment with scenarios they have observed, and have social interaction. Children with autism spectrum disorders do not develop these skills easily and naturally as their typically-developing …
Finding The Gold Standard Intervention For Social Skills Deficits In Autism Spectrum Disorders, Molly Delia Hunholz
Finding The Gold Standard Intervention For Social Skills Deficits In Autism Spectrum Disorders, Molly Delia Hunholz
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This literature review focuses on finding research supported techniques to teach social skills to students with autism and to compare each curriculum in terms of generalization of skills, acquisition of new skills, ease of parent use, and student enjoyment. The goal of this review is to discover whether there really is a “gold standard” for social skill curriculum for students with autism or if there are many different curricula that are “gold standards” in specific skill areas. This literature review answers many questions about the way social skills are taught to students with ASD. The results lead one to ask …
Effective Literacy Instruction For Struggling Readers And Students Receiving Special Education Services, Lauren S. Van Gomple
Effective Literacy Instruction For Struggling Readers And Students Receiving Special Education Services, Lauren S. Van Gomple
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Small group interventions provide struggling readers and students who are learning- disabled with additional literacy instruction designed to facilitate literacy growth. The purpose of this systematic review is to determine if literacy group size directly affects the effectiveness of instruction relative to literacy growth for struggling readers. The participants studied in this literature review include students receiving special education services as well as students identified for Tier II interventions. Evidence-based practices gathered from empirical research studies, alongside qualitative and quantitative studies, seek to explore grouping and how group size affects literacy performance outcomes for special education and Tier II students. …