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Rabideau, Lindsey K.; Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Brown, Tiara S. – Young Exceptional Children, 2018
The most researched and effective practice for instructing children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is applied behavior analysis (ABA; Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968; Reichow, 2012; Smith & Eikeseth, 2011; Virués-Ortega, 2010). ABA is a scientific approach to systematic instruction, data collection, and data analysis based on observable…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teaching Methods, Behavior Modification
Bozgeyikli, Hasan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The purpose of this research is to determine whether psychological needs that the special education teachers have, significantly predict the professional quality of life. Descriptive survey design was used in the research. The data of the research were obtained from 238 special education teachers (45% males and 55.5% females) who were working as a…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Special Education Teachers, Quality of Life, Teaching Conditions
Ramsay, Janet; Cowell, Naina; Gersch, Irvine – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
This exploratory study adopted a mixed methods methodology, a critical realist ontological stance and a constructionist epistemological position to consider how special educational needs coordinators and pastoral managers in mainstream high schools understand the relationship between problem behaviours and language development. Semi-structured…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Impairments, Behavior Problems, Educational Psychology
Thornton, Frank – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
School counselors and special educators in rural areas working together can be a powerful team to help schools create a positive school community. In one rural school community, they partnered with faculty and staff to implement a School Wide Positive Behavior support program to improve student outcomes. The counselor and special educator, through…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Special Education Teachers, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Rural Schools
Lubniewski, Kathryn L.; McArthur, Carol L.; Harriott, Wendy – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
The use of iPads and apps has become common in K-12 inclusive classrooms. Special education teachers frequently use this tool to support instruction. Data from electronic surveys were used to determine criteria that teachers identified as important for choosing apps for classroom use. Using this information, the authors developed an App Checklist…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Check Lists, Teaching Methods
Emmons, Christine L.; Zager, Dianne – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Collaborative teaming among specialists can enhance educational success by leveraging resources and building capacity to maximize effectiveness. Special educators' change in perceptions of their efficacy as collaborators in the education of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was studied before and after completing a year-long federally…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Educational Improvement, Self Efficacy
Loman, Sheldon L.; Strickland-Cohen, M. Kathleen; Walker, Virginia L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2018
This study heeds a decade-long call to action to examine the accessibility of Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) for students with severe disabilities. To improve the accessibility of SWPBIS, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and evidence-based practices were used to teach three students with severe disabilities…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Severe Disabilities, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
Barabasz, Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) require students to use language in different ways. Expressive and receptive language skills are necessary to participate in the standards-based scientific practices of asking questions, constructing explanations, and engaging in arguments from evidence during scientific discussions. Participating in…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Inclusion, Science Education, Learning Disabilities
Sacco, Donna M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Currently, schools throughout the United States are growing increasingly more diverse. This is true in urban, suburban, and even rural areas that were previously majority Caucasian and English speaking. Furthermore, the population of students who are English learners is on the rise and of those, an estimated eight to nine percent are dually…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Methods, Learning Disabilities
Liese, Aerial Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Alternative school settings are success prospects for students at risk of school failure. However, research on the daily experiences of the special educators in alternate school settings tasked with educating the at-risk population, is limited. The purpose of this phenomenological study was (a) to recognize the perceptions of special educators…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Nontraditional Education, Special Needs Students
Sloan, Kay; Allen, Alison; Blazevski, Julie; Carson, Fatima; Rockman, Saul – New Visions for Public Schools, 2018
This report shares findings from three longitudinal studies of the Urban Teacher Residency (UTR) Project, a partnership between New Visions for Public Schools, Hunter College, and the New York City Department of Education. From 2009 to 2014, with funding from the US Department of Education's Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Program, UTR placed…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Beginning Teachers
Poiner, Jessica – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2018
In the realm of education, much attention is paid to making sure that all students reach a minimum level of achievement. Raising the performance of those who struggle academically is a worthy and necessary goal. But in order to provide all students with an excellent education, attention must also be paid to the students on the other end of the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High Achievement, Educational Policy, State Policy
Edwards, Nicole Megan – Journal of Early Intervention, 2020
Part C Early Intervention is intended to build capacity among caregivers of infants and toddlers with special needs to use tailored strategies in natural environments. Satisfaction and perceived strategy use, however, remain unclear. In a Northeastern home-based program, caregivers (n = 195; 33% response) and providers (n = 66; 33% response)…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Caregivers, Infants, Toddlers
Markelz, Andrew M.; Taylor, Jonte C.; Kitchen, Tom; Riccomini, Paul J.; Catherine Scheeler, Mary; McNaughton, David B. – Exceptional Children, 2019
Effectively managing a classroom is crucial in promoting positive student outcomes. Behavior-specific praise is an empirically supported strategy to reinforce desirable student behaviors. Following a review of the literature, we identified tactile prompting and self-monitoring as effective methods to increase teachers' use of behavior-specific…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Cues, Self Management, Positive Reinforcement
Raven, Sara; Whitman, Gretchen M. – Research in Science Education, 2019
Science learning is inextricably tied to two aspects of students' lives: literacy and culture. While English Learners (ELs) who speak a non-English native language are typically the focus in this line of scholarly inquiry, deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students occupy a distinct space in this conversation. For DHH learners, literacy levels can be…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Hearing Impairments, Deafness