While there is vast research on teachers' attitudes toward inclusive education, few studies have targeted the attitudes and self-efficacy toward inclusive education in charter schools in the United States. The purpose of this study is to explore teachers' attitudes and self-efficacy toward inclusive education based on having attended a teacher…

Special education teachers do not always include assistive technology (AT) in instructional practices to promote the academic success of students with learning disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons special education teachers only sometimes include the use of AT in instructional practices. The conceptual framework was…

This participatory action research (PAR) dissertation study investigates the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles by community college faculty in first-year writing courses to support students with learning disabilities at a New Jersey community college. Through a collaborative approach involving faculty as active…

Individuals on the autism spectrum often require additional support in the area of social communication. Peer mediated interventions target these areas by incorporating peers into the intervention. To date, most studies have focused on selecting one or two peers as models or peer interventionists with only a few studies implementing a class-wide…

Co-teaching is a common service delivery model where a general and special education teacher are paired in the same classroom, though little is known about the experiences of secondary special education co-teachers in the adoption and use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools in inclusive, co-taught classrooms. The purpose of…