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Trauma Informed Classrooms For Secondary Students, Ryan Szymanski Oct 2020

Trauma Informed Classrooms For Secondary Students, Ryan Szymanski

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Secondary Math Placement Decisions For Students In Special Education, Erin Burnette Aug 2020

Secondary Math Placement Decisions For Students In Special Education, Erin Burnette

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Nature-Based-Learning For Students With Disabilities, Graham Newman Aug 2020

Nature-Based-Learning For Students With Disabilities, Graham Newman

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Implementation Of Training To Address Staff Perceptions Of Co-Teaching, Kimberly Ortloff Aug 2020

Implementation Of Training To Address Staff Perceptions Of Co-Teaching, Kimberly Ortloff

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In reviewing the literature available about co-teaching, teachers have varying experiences and attitudes towards the practice. Teachers report benefits and challenges to co-teaching. Their approach, their training, and the support they receive from administration impact their attitudes and experiences towards co-teaching. The purpose of this paper is twofold; (1) to collect and examine the experiences with co-teaching that teachers report, and (2) to determine what training might address the challenges that co-teachers face. This information will be used to implement better training for co-teachers in order to maximize the effect of this instructional approach.


Effective Interventions On Word-Problem-Solving For Students With Mathematics Difficulties, Yunqing Wang Jul 2020

Effective Interventions On Word-Problem-Solving For Students With Mathematics Difficulties, Yunqing Wang

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Preparing Students With Disabilities For Adulthood, Catherine Moos Jul 2020

Preparing Students With Disabilities For Adulthood, Catherine Moos

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Post-secondary education for students with a learning disability is a gateway to having a successful life providing security and independence, with the ability to earn more money and have higher job satisfaction. The special education teacher should write detailed transition IEP that involve the student, including post-secondary education. Their transitional IEP can help guide them with class in high school, by taking career and technical training and is an introduction to a career path. In addition to more rigorous general education classes that will prepare them for college. Students must demonstrate knowledge of their disability and disability laws to know …


The Benefits Of Teaching Professionals Using Mindful Practices For Stress And Emotional Regulation, Becky Aish Jun 2020

The Benefits Of Teaching Professionals Using Mindful Practices For Stress And Emotional Regulation, Becky Aish

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Teaching requires a lot of caring, determination, creativity, flexibility, knowledge, and understanding. To have these traits shine through, teachers must have compassion for the students they educate. When compassion turns into mental health stressors, teachers can no longer concentrate effectively in the classroom environment. Giving a teacher tools of mindfulness practices can help the teacher to equip themselves to help counter compassion stress. This paper is a literature review intended to explain what mindfulness is, the history behind it, the need for mindfulness in an educational setting, and research evaluating the effectiveness of mindfulness for teachers in general education and …


The Effectiveness Of Function-Based Interventions In Inclusive Classrooms Of Elementary Schools, Eunkyoung Shin May 2020

The Effectiveness Of Function-Based Interventions In Inclusive Classrooms Of Elementary Schools, Eunkyoung Shin

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Both at-risk students and students with disabilities have been jeopardized with their continued placements in inclusive classrooms because of the ongoing challenging behaviors. The evidence-based practice to deal with challenging behaviors involves the implementation of functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and function-based interventions (FBIs) in school settings. The types of interventions in this starred paper are categorized as antecedent-based, consequence-based, and multi-component interventions. All twelve studies were conducted in elementary schools in the United States except for two studies (i.e., South Korea and Iceland). Participants ranged in the grade levels from kindergarten to sixth grade. The findings of these studies supported …


Perfecting Independent Reading In The Classroom, Amy Mcleod May 2020

Perfecting Independent Reading In The Classroom, Amy Mcleod

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This study was designed to analyze the best approaches to independent reading in a middle school classroom. After discussing and reviewing related literature, I discuss the implications of independent reading within my classroom by looking at three different types of exposure and three different types of involvement. My purpose was to create a month long process to find which exposure and involvement work best for my students.


Sensory-Based Interventions Used In Schools For Students With Disabilities To Increase On-Task Behavior, Kelsie Fitch May 2020

Sensory-Based Interventions Used In Schools For Students With Disabilities To Increase On-Task Behavior, Kelsie Fitch

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A review of research looking into implementing sensory-based interventions to increase on-task behavior for students with disabilities. This review looks into 10 different studies. Results found that using sensory-based interventions is not effective in increasing on-task behavior in students with disabilities in the studies reviewed.


Improving Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes For Individuals With Emotional Or Behavioral Disorders, Christine L. Kemper May 2020

Improving Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes For Individuals With Emotional Or Behavioral Disorders, Christine L. Kemper

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This paper focuses on interventions and strategies that can be used to improve post-secondary employment outcomes for individuals with emotional or behavioral disorders, as well as barriers to success.


Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (Pals): Success Factors To Improve Student Reading Skills, Jae Who Ko May 2020

Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (Pals): Success Factors To Improve Student Reading Skills, Jae Who Ko

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Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) is an evidence-based practice to improve student performance. The review of literature consists of 11 studies to identify success factors of PALS to improve student reading and language skills. The three main success factors reported in the review are: high fidelity of implementation, peer-mediated activity with increased student participation, and explicit instruction.