Research on education for youth served in the juvenile justice (JJ) system is limited. Yet in order to ensure equity for these students, JJ teacher knowledge and use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) must be understood. This study aimed to understand JJ teacher knowledge and use of EBPs within JJ classrooms. Based on 157 JJ teachers' responses to…

The present study investigated the mediation role of resilience between competency and occupational well-being and its variations among Chinese special education teachers. Two hundred and twenty-four Chinese special education teachers from Shandong and Zhejiang in China completed a range of self-report questionnaires, including Special Education…

This paper aims to explore the impacts of a Learn to Play programme in specialist schools for children with multiple developmental issues. Specialist schools are schools dedicated to children with IQs below 70 and who may also have other developmental issues. The Learn to Play programme focusses on facilitating children's enjoyment and ability to…

Written expression is an area of the curriculum with which many students with disabilities (SWDs) struggle. One solution to mitigate the barriers associated with this topic is to use educational technology supports such as speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and predictive text. Even though there has been an increase in technology access in the…

This article presents a review of qualitative research on interprofessional cooperation between regular teachers and special educators published from 2005 to 2019. The aim of the review was to gain knowledge about how different forms of cooperation take shape and about factors at multiple levels that facilitate or constrain cooperation as a means…

Once the COVID-19 was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization at the beginning of 2020, almost all countries around the world shifted from traditional face to face education to distance education to prevent the spread of the virus. Türkiye implemented distance education practices through a web-based platform named education…

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scale to determine the attitudes towards the activities that can be applied to the mentally retarded students about biology and nature. During the preparation of the draft form of the scale, an item pool was created from relevant literature. Then, these items were presented to expert opinion…

The term "professional quality of life," sometimes abbreviated as "ProQOL," refers to an individual's evaluation of the positive aspects of his or her working life. This frame may be categorized in two different ways. Compassion Fatigue (CF) is undesirable, yet Compassion Satisfaction (CS) motivates people to feel good about…

This narrative study explored the holistic, interconnected challenges that impact special education practitioners in three cross-categorical (CC) special education junior high classrooms in rural Central Illinois. Participants included three junior high school special education teachers, three special education administrators, and three junior…

Section 300.5 of IDEA (2004) defines Students with Disabilities as those children who, because of their impairments, need special education and related services. Through the process of "declassification," students previously identified as having a disability requiring special education services return to full-time general education…

The ever-growing English learner student population struggles academically more than any other student group except students identified for special education services (Gandara & Hopkins, 2010). Although effective principal instructional leadership behaviors and practices have been directly and indirectly linked to student academic achievement…

This study addresses the problem surrounding low educator self-efficacy for data collection and behavior reduction strategies among elementary special educators. Educators working with students who present behavior challenges do not feel a strong sense of self-efficacy when it comes to data collection and behavior management. Due to this,…

This purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to explore how general education teachers from southern Arizona perceive collaborating with special education teachers when co-teaching in their inclusion classrooms. The theoretical foundation for this research involved Lev Vygotsky's social development theory. The research questions…

Special education teachers are tasked with meeting the unique academic, social, vocational, and communication needs of students with extensive support needs. However, studies have shown that pre-service special education teachers vary in their preparedness to address the needs of students with extensive support needs who also have complex…

With an increased focus on teacher retention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic there is a need to understand teachers' perceptions about their work. Many special educators cite job design factors related to case management and lack of administrator support as reasons for leaving education. Nevertheless, case management is not widely studied.…