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Ashley Currin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Throughout special education history, students with disabilities have been denied appropriate services and excluded from their general education peers. While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that all students with disabilities ages 3-21 have access to a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Equal Education, Student Participation
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Perryman, Twyla; Ricks, Lacey; Cash-Baskett, Labrita – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with foundational information that will assist them in transition planning for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on a review of current literature. SLPs must be knowledgeable of transition planning in order to assist students with ASD and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Planning
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Powell, Christine – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2018
This qualitative study investigates information sharing practices between comprehensive high schools and an offsite Career Technical School with a focus on Students With Disabilities (SWD). The case study approach examined how student information is communicated in support of new federal and state policies related to college and career…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, High Schools, Vocational Schools, Students with Disabilities
Hairapetian, Anet – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The reauthorization of Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) in 2004 mandated that students with disabilities be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE), which is also known as inclusion of the student. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate innovative strategies implemented in an inclusive classroom to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
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Wells, Jenny C.; Sheehey, Patricia H.; Moore, Amy N. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2012
This article describes the impact of a MAPS process on team member agreement on postsecondary expectations and goals for a middle school student with Autism Spectrum Disorders in a rural area. The results revealed similarities and differences in the beliefs and expectations of the participants on the transition team and that the MAPS approach…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Rural Schools, Academic Aspiration, Expectation
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Furney, Katharine Shepherd; Aiken, Judith; Hasazi, Susan; Clark/Keefe, Kelly – Journal of School Leadership, 2005
A policy implementation study was undertaken in 65 schools in order to explore practices and outcomes related to state policies requiring schools to establish comprehensive educational support systems and teams. The purpose of these systems and teams was to enhance the capacity of schools to support students with diverse needs in general education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Educational Planning