ERIC Number: EJ1351614
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Nov
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0888-4064
EISSN: EISSN-1944-4931
Improving Literacy for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: An Innovative Approach
Gregory J. Benner; Lisa A. Strycker; Jordan Pennefather; Jean Louise M. Smith
Teacher Education and Special Education, v45 n4 p331-348 Nov 2022
Most students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) have significant reading difficulties, but educators have few in-service professional learning opportunities geared to reading instruction for these students. The "Integrated Literacy Study Group" was developed as an online professional development program to prepare elementary teachers to meet the literacy needs of students with or at risk of EBD. In this study, the authors use a within-subjects design to evaluate the feasibility of the 10-week digital program with 13 elementary teachers. From pretest to posttest, teachers made statistically and educationally significant gains in knowledge of evidence-based social and emotional learning and reading strategies for students with EBD, as well as significant improvements in general teacher self-efficacy, reading self-efficacy, and social and emotional self-efficacy. Pretest-to-posttest change in teacher burnout and classroom management was educationally significant, but statistically nonsignificant. Most teachers perceived the program content as relevant to their needs and those of their students.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Social Emotional Learning, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Faculty Development, Self Efficacy, Reading Ability, Teacher Burnout, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Self Concept Measures
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Related Records: ED624074
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Teachers Sense of Efficacy Scale
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A180220