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Direct linkElizabeth Bettini; Michelle M. Cumming; Alexandra A. Lauterbach; Hannah Morris Mathews – Grantee Submission, 2024
Special educators serving students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) depend on their principals' support, yet prior research has not explored principals' roles in supporting these programs. Using constructivist grounded theory methods, we analyzed interviews with five elementary school principals about their roles in supporting…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Ben R. Backes; James E. Cowan; Dan D. Goldhaber; Zeyu Jin; Roddy J. Theobald – Grantee Submission, 2025
Graduates of special education teacher education programs can teach in a range of special education settings, raising the potential that their training can occur in very different settings than where they find their first jobs. We follow 263 completers of Moderate Disabilities programs in Massachusetts from their field placements to their…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Special Education Teachers, Student Teaching, Student Placement
Download full textAlison L. Zagona; Jennifer A. Kurth; Elissa Lockman Turner; Jesse Pace; Karrie Shogren; Kirsten Lansey; Matt Jameson; Kristin Burnette; Mary Mansouri; Tyler Hicks; Daria Gerasimova – Grantee Submission, 2022
Students with complex support needs frequently experience restrictive educational placements such as self-contained and separate school classrooms. Given the need to support students with complex support needs to experience positive outcomes and make progress in the general education curriculum, there is a need to investigate the characteristics…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Student Placement, Student Behavior
Morris Mathews, Hannah; Lillis, Jennifer L.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Peyton, David J.; Pua, Daisy; Oblath, Rachel; Jones, Nathan D.; Smith, Stephen W.; Sutton, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2021
Working conditions may be an important lever to support special educators' reading instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Thus, we explored how working conditions relate to the quality of special educators' reading instruction in upper-elementary, self-contained classes for students with EBD. Using mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities
Orr, Robyn K.; Caldarella, Paul; Hansen, Blake D.; Wills, Howard P. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Middle school special education teachers often express concern about challenging student behavior. Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams (CW-FIT), a behavior management program based on school-wide positive behavior support, has been effective in elementary general education classrooms. The present study, the first to apply it in a middle…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Student Behavior, Middle School Students, Special Education
Bettini, Elizabeth; Lillis, Jennifer; Stark, Kristabel; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Mathews, Hannah Morris – Grantee Submission, 2021
Students with emotional/behavioral disorders are increasingly included in general education settings, requiring their special educators to coordinate with other educators. Yet, research provides limited insights into their interactions with other educators. Thus, we qualitatively examined how special educators experienced and navigated…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Interaction, Emotional Disturbances
