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A Systematic Review of Training Educators to Implement Response Prompting
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Shawbitz, Kara N.; Brock, Matthew E. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2023
Systematic prompting is a versatile evidence-based practice that can improve a range of outcomes for students with disabilities, but many teachers and paraeducators are not familiar with systematic prompting or may struggle with implementation. In this systematic review, the authors identified 28 articles that evaluated training practices for…
Descriptors: Prompting, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Aides, Staff Development
A Tiered Approach for Training Paraeducators to Use Evidence-Based Practices for Students with Significant Disabilities
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Brock, Matthew E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Paraeducators play an important role in the education of students with significant disabilities. They can best contribute to improving student outcomes when they are skilled in using evidence-based practices. Tiered training is a practical and promising solution for how teachers can train teams of paraeducators to use evidence-based practices.…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Staff Development, Evidence Based Practice, Students with Disabilities
Training Paraprofessionals Who Work with Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: What Does the Research Say?
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Brock, Matthew E.; Anderson, Eric J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Federal law allows for paraprofessionals to provide instruction to students with developmental disabilities if they are adequately trained and supervised, but how to best provide this training and support remains unclear. In this paper, we update a systematic review of experimental studies that test the efficacy of paraprofessional-implemented…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Developmental Disabilities, Intervention, Role
Teaching Academic Skills to Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the Single-Case Design Literature
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Cannella-Malone, Helen I.; Dueker, Scott A.; Barczak, Mary A.; Brock, Matthew E. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Students with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve access to instruction on academic skills in addition to functional skills. Many teachers, however, report challenges with identifying appropriate evidence-based practices to teach academics to these students. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities