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Torelli, Jessica N.; Lloyd, Blair P.; Pollack, Marney S. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
To evaluate effects of psychotropic medication for children with disabilities, direct assessments may offer a valuable supplement to caregiver reports. Relative to indirect assessment, direct measures of behavior can increase objectivity and sensitivity, and some have potential to isolate distinct behavioral and learning processes. We conducted a…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Children, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
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Llamazares De Prado, Jose Enrique; Arias Gago, Ana Rosa – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2023
Currently, museums seek to improve education and inclusion through the use of technology, and it is essential to value the didactic and technological advances through the use of new tools (ICT), at an intercultural and intergenerational level, adapting the exhibition messages to the diversity of the public, with a special interest in disability.…
Descriptors: Museums, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Exhibits
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Mi An; Reia Tanaka; Naho Hirota; Takehiro Sasai; Hideki Takahashi; Yuuya Ogawa; Shizuko Horai; Mayumi Inoue; Randeep Rakwal; Toshihiro Kato – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Purpose: Adapted physical activity (APA) provides children and youth with disabilities more opportunities to be physically active. Nevertheless, it is not well known how APA implementation in different services has benefited them. This study reviews the existing literature on APA interventions to identify characteristics and program descriptions,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Disabilities, Children
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Nair, Vishnu K. K.; Farah, Warda; Cushing, Ian – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: This review article critically interrogates the history and the current practice of standardized assessment in speech and language therapy. Speech and language assessments utilizing standardized linguistic norms are a critical tool for constructing disability and controlling disabled individuals. Such practices are rooted in a medical…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Speech Language Pathology, Speech Evaluation, Speech Therapy
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Aisha Husain – Discover Education, 2024
Background: Concussions are a public health concern. Underdiagnosis and mismanagement negatively impact patients, risking in persistent symptoms and permanent disability. Objective: This scoping review consolidates the heterogeneous and inconsistent concussion research and identifies key areas for medical education curriculum design to focus on…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Medical Education, Guidelines, Patients
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García-Parra, Martín; Negre, Francisca; Verger, Sebastià – Education Sciences, 2021
Resilience is understood as interactive processes that strengthen the individual and the family in the face of the demands of adversity or vulnerable situation. Resilience is fostered from a psychopedagogical approach when practices are developed that assist in facing challenges positively, having life projects and developing academic…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Youth Programs, Diseases, Disabilities
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Rowe, Hillary L.; Trickett, Edison J. – Educational Psychology Review, 2018
This paper addresses two major and potentially conflicting movements: the importance of diversity as both a conceptual and political issue and the rise of the evidence-based practice movement in education. This tension is particularly important when evaluating and reporting universal interventions because of their intended applicability across…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Intervention, Student Diversity
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Tesfaye, Rackeb; Courchesne, Valerie; Yusuf, Afiqah; Savion-Lemieux, Tal; Singh, Ilina; Shikako-Thomas, Keiko; Mirenda, Pat; Waddell, Charlotte; Smith, Isabel M.; Nicholas, David; Szatmari, Peter; Bennett, Terry; Duku, Eric; Georgiades, Stelios; Kerns, Connor; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Zaidman-Zait, Anat; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Elsabbagh, Mayada – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Most research regarding youth with autism spectrum disorder has not focused on their first-person perspectives providing limited insight into methodologies best suited to eliciting their voices. We conducted a synthesis of methods previously used to obtain the first-person perspectives of youth with various disabilities, which may be applicable to…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Youth, Disabilities
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Mellifont, Damian – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2018
Politicians are challenged to increase economic opportunities for citizens with disabilities. Today, the employment of persons with disabilities within the Australian Government is being supported through a RecruitAbility Scheme. With full implementation of the Scheme underway, it is a timely research exercise to critically explore early progress.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Public Service
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Lucy Sibanda; Tracey Herman – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Textbooks socialise and legitimise cultural norms, and therefore, learners' social worlds should find expression in their textbooks. In the study reported on here we examined how Grade 4 English First Additional Language and life skills textbooks reflected learner diversity in South African schools as manifested in their racial, gender,…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Diversity, Content Analysis, Grade 4
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Owiny, Ruby L.; Spriggs, Amy D.; Sartini, Emily C.; Mills, Jeremy R. – Preventing School Failure, 2018
Increased accountability for quality instruction leading to higher achievement for all students has made it essential for identification and implementation of evidence-based practices. The Council for Exceptional Children's development of quality indicators (QI) has provided measures for researchers to apply to a body of literature to determine if…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Special Education, Children, Adolescents
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Al-Azawei, Ahmed; Serenelli, Fabio; Lundqvist, Karsten – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework is increasingly drawing the attention of researchers and educators as an effective solution for filling the gap between learner ability and individual differences. This study aims to analyse the content of twelve papers, where the UDL was adopted. The articles were chosen from several databases and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Content Analysis, Peer Evaluation, Journal Articles
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Quinn, Brenna L.; Seibold, Esther; Hayman, Laura – Exceptional Children, 2015
Challenges in assessing the pain of children with special needs are created by the differing abilities of these students to self-report pain presence and intensity. This article reports the results of a literature review examining methods of pain assessment for children with special needs. The authors note the need to foster partnerships with…
Descriptors: Pain, Children, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
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Stocker, James D., Jr.; Kubina, Richard M., Jr. – Preventing School Failure, 2017
Fluency, a combination of response accuracy and speed, enables students to work efficiently through academic tasks. Students with disabilities and math deficits often struggle to learn math facts fluently. Although issues with fluency frequently coexist with a disability, problems gaining fluency also stem from a lack of practice and appropriate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Intervention
Atfield, Gaby; Hunt, Wil; Luchinskaya, Daria – UK Department for Education, 2021
Given the recent focus on the employability and earnings of university graduates in the UK, there is a need to explore the employability initiatives offered by higher education institutions (HEIs). Work placements and work experience offered through HEIs aim to improve students' job readiness, and ability to secure suitable jobs after graduation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Graduates, Employment Potential
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