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Challenges To Social Interactions As Perceived By Young High Ability Adults With Learning Disabilities: A Qualitative Research Design, Dana Hathcock
Challenges To Social Interactions As Perceived By Young High Ability Adults With Learning Disabilities: A Qualitative Research Design, Dana Hathcock
Special Education ETDs
This qualitative study was designed to analyze the perceptions of adults with learning disabilities concerning social competence issues. The questions in the research were posed to participants to elicit examples of the challenges experienced as a child and as an adult; examples of the coping skills utilized; examples of circumstances which helped to alleviate the challenges; perceptions regarding the educational system and people/situations in general as factors in performance; and successful outcomes as well as possible reasons for those outcomes. Five female and five male individuals ranging in age from 25-40, having been identified with learning disabilities, participated in this …
An Ecobehavioral Study Of Elementary Students With Disabilities In An Inclusive Classroom, Neal Reid Lieberman
An Ecobehavioral Study Of Elementary Students With Disabilities In An Inclusive Classroom, Neal Reid Lieberman
Special Education ETDs
This study is part of a wider study funded by the New Mexico State Department of Education (NMSDE) entitled the Pilot Study of Service Delivery Models in Special Education in New Mexico (Keefe, Ware, & Blalock, 1997). The purpose of this study is to compare inclusive and non-inclusive models of education with regard to student outcomes. The literature review will show how this project adds to the research base on outcomes. This portion of research was chosen because it was able to describe the relationship between ecological variables and student outcomes in a school committed to providing and supporting students …