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Farmer, Thomas W.; Hamm, Jill V.; Lee, David L.; Sterrett, Brittany I.; Rizzo, Karen; Hoffman, Abigail S. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
Although there have been several advances in the development of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to support students with disabilities, many rural schools struggle to use EBPs. Rural schools may experience challenges that constrain their potential to provide support for the implementation of EBPs. Furthermore, there may be a mismatch between EBPs…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Professionalism, Evidence Based Practice, Rural Schools
Comparison of Prompting Procedures to Teach Work Tasks to Transition-Aged Students with Disabilities
Riesen, Tim; Jameson, J. Matt – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
A single subject alternating treatment design was used to compare most-to-least and least-to-most prompts to teach work tasks in community businesses. Four students with moderate to severe disabilities, two paraprofessionals, and one transition teacher participated in the study. Results of the study suggest that both prompting strategies were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Severe Disabilities, Disabilities, Paraprofessional Personnel
Miedijensky, Shirley – Gifted Education International, 2018
This study aims to assess the views of outstanding teachers of the gifted regarding their students' learning environment. Thirty teachers were interviewed and an interpretive approach was used to analyze their views. The teachers' comments were divided according to the following themes: (a) characteristics of gifted students, (b) characteristics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Educational Environment, Teacher Attitudes
Willis, Jonathan; Baines, Ed – Educational Review, 2018
Supervision groups are often used in professional settings and are introduced to address and provide support in relation to the challenges that arise in everyday practice. Although group supervision is common amongst a range of helping professions, its use in schools is rare. Little research exists as to the merits and challenges of providing…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Supervision, Group Instruction, Special Schools
Daniel, Johny; Lemons, Christopher – School Leadership & Management, 2018
Sustainable use of academic classroom interventions is a cause for concern in the field of special education. This study examined factors that encouraged and/or deterred sustainable use of classroom interventions. Furthermore, data were collected on factors that assist teachers to implement new interventions with high perceived fidelity. A total…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Instructional Leadership, Intervention, Sustainability
Doyle, Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Early career special educators serving in low socioeconomic communities are at risk of leaving the profession unless they receive specialized support to address unique challenges. The purpose of this study was to examine an intervention developed to increase teacher sense of efficacy. Self-efficacy, adult transformative learning through critical…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, At Risk Persons, Intervention, Self Efficacy
Farmer, Thomas W.; Hamm, Jill V.; Lee, David L.; Sterrett, Brittany I.; Rizzo, Karen; Hoffman, Abigail S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Although there have been several advances in the development of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to support students with disabilities, many rural schools struggle to use EBPs. Rural schools may experience challenges that constrain their potential to provide support for the implementation of EBPs. Further, there may be a mismatch between EBPs and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Professionalism, Evidence Based Practice, Rural Schools
Cucco, Erica A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to evaluate how regular and special education teachers prepare elementary school students with disabilities to take the statewide test, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), by using electronic resources. The PARCC was introduced in 2014 to replace the paper and pencil statewide…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, General Education
Jenson, Kim – Online Submission, 2018
A teacher is essential in implementing inclusive policy practices into the classroom. Teacher attitudes towards inclusion, be it positive, negative or indifferent, can determine the success of an inclusive classroom and how it influences students with special educational needs and their school life. This literature review reports on information…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Inclusion, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities
Albus, Deb; Thurlow, Martha L.; Liu, Kristi K.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Larson, Erik D. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2018
In 2015, the Data-Informed Accessibility--Making Optimal Needs-based Decisions (DIAMOND) project received funding from an Enhanced Assessment Initiative grant to collect information that would support the development of professional development modules for educators making decisions within new accessibility frameworks. More accessibility features…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Testing Accommodations, Access to Education
Quinn, Emily D.; Cook, Alexandria; Wiedrick, Jack; Rowland, Charity – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The goal of this study was to investigate the initial feasibility of the Communication Matrix Professional Development Program (CMPDP), an online program created to help educational professionals teaching students with complex communication needs. Method: A one-group pretest-posttest design was employed with 102 educational professionals…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Individualized Education Programs
Williams, Nathaniel J.; Frederick, Lindsay; Ching, Alix; Mandell, David; Kang-Yi, Christina; Locke, Jill – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Schools play a major role in delivering behavioral health services to autistic youth. School culture and climate are strong predictors of the extent to which these services incorporate evidence-based practices; however, little is known about how school leaders shape culture and climate. Drawing on the concept of culture and climate embedding…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, School Culture, Educational Environment
Ellis-Robinson, Tammy – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2021
Disability Critical Race Theory (Dis/Crit) was useful as a tool and a lens for the development of a collaborative network of educators, community providers, and community stakeholders including educators, community members, parents, and individuals. Initially I engaged these stakeholders in action research sessions to inform planning for…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Critical Theory, Students with Disabilities, Action Research
Fornauf, Beth S.; Mascio, Bryan – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2021
The Rural Teacher Residency (RTR) program prepares teachers to work in 'high need' rural schools in the northeastern United States, and specifically works to establish a counter-narrative to the commonly-held deficit lens applied to these schools and communities. Framed by theory and research on DisCrit and Universal Design for Learning (UDL), we…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Access to Education, Educational Practices, Preservice Teachers
Depuydt, Travis – Online Submission, 2021
This qualitative, phenomenological research study was designed to study the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on teacher interactions with students with special needs during the mandatory school closures that took place during March of 2020. This study consisted of seven interviews with special education teachers, from three different…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction