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Vinny Alfonso; Nicole Barnes; Darlene Demarie; George DuPaul; Wendy Grolnick; Cara Laitusis; Patricia Perez; Sarah Rimm-Kaufman; Rena Subotnik; Pablo Tinio; Kathy Wentzel – American Psychological Association, 2024
Families and other caregivers play a major role in children's learning and success in school. Psychologists have learned a great deal about how families can help their children learn and thrive in the classroom. Through conversations with caregivers and extensive research, psychologists have developed ideas about how children learn, what helps…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Child Development, Child Behavior, Psychological Patterns
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that secures special education services for children with disabilities from the time they are born until they graduate from high school. The law was reauthorized by Congress in 2004, prompting a series of changes in the way special education services are implemented. These…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Dickerson, L. – Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2021
"Autism at-a-Glance" is a series of practitioner and family-friendly documents created by the Center on Secondary Education for Students with ASD (CSESA) designed for high school staff members supporting students on the autism spectrum, as well as family members of adolescents with ASD. The purpose of the "Autism at-a-Glance"…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Adolescents
Fishman-Weaver, Kathryn – Prufrock Press Inc., 2018
"Wholehearted Teaching of Gifted Young Women" explores the important role school communities play in supporting the social and emotional needs of high-achieving young women. Using a youth participatory action research model, this project follows 20 student researchers from high school through college. This longitudinal study leads to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Females, Social Development, Emotional Development
Koegel, Robert L., Ed.; Koegel, Lynn Kern, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
One of the most respected and widely used autism interventions, Pivotal Response Treatment uses natural learning opportunities to modify key behaviors in children--leading to widespread positive effects on communication, behavior, and social skills. Now the pioneering experts behind PRT have created a comprehensive modern guide to this…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Communication Skills
Sam, A. – National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2016
Self-management systematizes self-regulation strategies for learners with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in order for learners with ASD to learn the rules and norms needed to act appropriately in a given situation. Self-regulation strategies can include self-monitoring, self-reflection, and adapting to a given context. Self-management is both a…
Descriptors: Self Management, Evidence Based Practice, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Clark, Amy; Henderson, Peter; Gifford, Sue – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
"Improving Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stage 1" reviews the best available evidence to offer five recommendations for developing the maths skills of 3-7-year olds. Recommendations include integrating maths into different activities throughout the day -- for example, at registration and snack time -- to familiarise children…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education, 2020
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of this writing, 21 states and three U.S. territories have ordered or recommended school building closures for the rest of the academic year, with closures impacting at least 124,000 U.S. public and private schools and affecting at least 55.1 million students. In addition, districts in nearly all other states…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Parent Role
Oslund, Christy – Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013
The STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) attract many students with autism, ADD, affective disorders and related invisible disabilities who are highly intelligent and analytical, but who, upon entering higher education, may find that they struggle with independent living and a different way of learning. This is a preparation…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Students, Guides, Guidelines
Silver, Debbie – Corwin, 2012
As teachers and parents, our job is to teach students to tackle challenges rather than avoid them. Award-winning teacher and best-selling author Debbie Silver addresses the relationship between student motivation and risking failure, calling failure a temporary "glitch" that provides valuable learning opportunities. She explains motivational…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Success, Failure, Lifelong Learning
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Stepney, Cesalie; Kane, Katelyn; Bruzzese, Jean-Marie – Journal of School Nursing, 2011
Pediatric asthma is often undiagnosed, and therefore untreated. It negatively impacts children's functioning, including school attendance and performance, as well as quality of life. Schoolwide screening for asthma is becoming increasingly common, making identification of possible asthma particularly relevant for school nurses. Nurses may need to…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Chronic Illness, Quality of Life, Parent Counseling
Sachs, Brad E. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
In today's rapidly changing world and challenging economy, young adults increasingly find themselves at a crossroads between financial and emotional dependence and autonomy. Drawing on Dr. Sachs' extensive clinical experience and his illuminating discussion of the latest psychological research, "Emptying the Nest" will support parents in their…
Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Child Rearing, Young Adults, Family Relationship
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Klassen, Robert M.; Kuzucu, Elcin – Educational Psychology, 2009
This article presents a study of academic procrastination and associated motivation variables in 508 adolescents from a general secondary school in central Turkey. Girls reported higher levels of self-efficacy for self-regulation and predicted higher Turkish grades than boys, but there was no difference in levels of procrastination. Academic…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Cho, Hyun-Jeong; Palmer, Susan B. – Young Exceptional Children, 2008
Self-regulation and self-determination are part of a continuum of behaviors that are acquired through interaction with the social and physical environment and through problem solving based on experiences that begin in infancy and build throughout early childhood. These abilities should be nurtured early for all children, especially within the…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Caregivers, Infants, Toddlers
DiMatties, Marie E.; Sammons, Jennifer H. – 2003
This brief paper summarizes what is known about sensory integration and sensory integration dysfunction (DSI). It outlines evaluation of DSI, treatment approaches, and implications for parents and teachers, including compensatory strategies for minimizing the impact of DSI on a child's life. Review of origins of sensory integration theory in the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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