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Direct linkLisa Reitz – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem to be addressed in this study was most special education high school teachers are not adequately teaching job transferable skills to students with intellectual disabilities in American. The purpose of this exploratory case study was to investigate the beliefs of special education high school teachers within a rural Colorado school…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, High School Teachers, Job Skills, Students with Disabilities
Giddings, Vanessa Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) addresses educational access in a brick-and-mortar setting but does not specifically address how to meet the parameters of free appropriate public education (FAPE) and least restrictive environment (LRE) in an online or virtual setting. An increased desire by students with disabilities…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Students with Disabilities, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Diedrich, Darell Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem addressed in this study is how a College Success course might reverse the trend of lower graduation rates for students with learning disabilities (LDs) who attend a Colorado institution of higher education. Students with LDs graduate at lower rates than the general population, but it is unclear how a College Success course contributes…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, College Students, Success
Albert Vollrath, Rebecca – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Students living in poverty are noted to experience a variety of barriers, which include literacy gaps (Buckingham et al., 2013), lower reading achievement entering high school (Reardon et al., 2013), lower graduation rates (National Center for Education Statistics, 2016), higher incidences of learning disabilities and behavior problems (Morgan et…
Descriptors: High School Students, Poverty, Student Experience, Social Support Groups
Heather Ann Nielson-Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how parents of students with intellectual disabilities (ID) perceive the significance of LRE in IEPs and inclusion models at the elementary level in six school districts in northern Colorado. The sample included 13 parents of children with ID in grades K-5. The theory of…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Brenna Catherine Aversano – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This mixed methods study evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of Colorado's special education procedural safeguard notice (CPSN) through readability and design factors. Per IDEA, procedural safeguard notices must inform families of children with disabilities of their rights within special education. Local education agencies (LEAs) distribute the…
Descriptors: Readability, Special Education, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
